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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Law</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Юридические науки</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-2337</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2408-9001</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">43583</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-2337-2025-29-1-21-37</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">PPUHZG</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>HISTORICAL AND LEGAL RESEARC</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ИСТОРИКО-ПРАВОВЫЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Anglo-American legal positivism: Stages of formation and development</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Англо-американский правовой позитивизм: этапы становления и развития</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-8852</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8260-3650</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gorbunov</surname><given-names>Maxim D.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Горбунов</surname><given-names>Максим Дмитриевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Legal Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Department of Theory and History of State and Law, Law Faculty</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат юридических наук, старший преподаватель кафедры теории и истории государства и права, юридический факультет</p></bio><email>maxandgor@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Lobachevsky State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский Нижегородский государственный университет им. Н.И. Лобачевского</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-03-31" publication-format="electronic"><day>31</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>29</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>21</fpage><lpage>37</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-04-02"><day>02</day><month>04</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Gorbunov M.D.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Горбунов М.Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gorbunov M.D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Горбунов М.Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/43583">https://journals.rudn.ru/law/article/view/43583</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Anglo-American legal positivism is an influential trend in modern legal thought. Understanding this framework is crucial not only for addressing gaps in scientific knowledge within political and legal doctrines but also for applying relevant developments to domestic legal science. This understanding is particularly valuable because it relates to the dominant doctrine of legal positivism in contemporary Russia while also being rooted in an alternative legal paradigm. The purpose of the article is to examine the formation and development of Anglo-American legal positivism as a key area of legal understanding in the world legal scholarship. The author highlights the characteristics of Anglo-American positivism, its main developmental stages, and the ideas of its leading representatives. Methodologically, this study employs a combination of philosophical, general, and special scientific methods, including dialectical and historical approaches, general logical techniques, and comparative analysis. Specific methods of analytical philosophy are also used, including methods of contextual and conceptual analysis. The study concludes that Anglo-American legal positivism has evolved through three stages: the classical stage associated with command theory; the neopositivist stage, where new analytical and philosophical approaches emerged; and the modern stage, characterized by debates between "inclusive" and "exclusive" positivism.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Англо-американский правовой позитивизм является влиятельным направлением в современной мировой правовой мысли. Его осмысление важно не только с точки зрения восполнения пробелов научного знания в сфере политико-правовых учений, но и с позиции имплементации наработок, релевантных для отечественной правовой науки. Особую ценность уяснение положений данного направления имеет еще и потому, что оно, с одной стороны, родственно для доминирующей в современной России доктрины правового позитивизма по кругу исследуемых вопросов, но, с другой стороны, сформировано в рамках альтернативной правовой парадигмы. Целью является исследование формирования и развития англо-американского правового позитивизма как одного из ключевых направлений правопонимания в мировой юридической науке. Автором показаны особенности англо-американского позитивизма, ключевые этапы развития и идеи ведущих представителей направления. Методологически исследование опирается на комплекс всеобщих, общенаучных, частнонаучных и специальных методов познания, включающих диалектический и исторический методы, общие логические приемы и метод сравнения. Также применяются специфические методы аналитической философии, включая методы контекстуального и концептуального анализа. В результате делается вывод, что англо-американский правовой позитивизм в своем становлении прошел три этапа: классический, связанный с командной теорией; неопозитивистский, в котором нашли свое применение новые аналитико-философские подходы; и современный, характеризующийся дискуссией между «включающим» и «исключающим» позитивизмом.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>legal positivism</kwd><kwd>legal understanding</kwd><kwd>philosophy of law</kwd><kwd>analytical jurisprudence</kwd><kwd>methodology of law</kwd><kwd>legal system</kwd><kwd>normative regulation</kwd><kwd>legal norms</kwd><kwd>society</kwd><kwd>authority</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>правовой позитивизм</kwd><kwd>правопонимание</kwd><kwd>философия права</kwd><kwd>аналитическая юриспруденция</kwd><kwd>методология права</kwd><kwd>правовая система</kwd><kwd>нормативное регулирование</kwd><kwd>правовые нормы</kwd><kwd>общество</kwd><kwd>власть</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Austin, J. 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