Law and Local Self-Government in the Philosophy of Anarchism by P. A. Kropotkin
https://doi.org/10.25205/2542-0410-2021-17-4-20-26
Abstract
The article deals with the institution of law in political and legal issues of the views of the theorist of anarchism P. A. Kropotkin. Based on the philosophical-legal, formal-legal and formal-philosophical research methods, the author analyzes the foundations of the legal thinking of Petr A. Kropotkin, the concepts of law and law used in his theory, as well as their influence on the institutions of self-government. As a result of the study, it was established that law in Kropotkin’s theory is a consequence of the natural human need for sociability and the establishment of rules of behavior based on the principles of justice and equality. Petr A. Kropotkin believed that customary law, in the course of the evolutionary development of a society, attracted attention to the emergence of the institution of self-government, focusing on the ability of the community to administer justice and form its own administrative apparatus. Kropotkin’s attitude towards the emergence of a centralized state was declared, which, with the help of the law, encroached on the right of communities to self-government and destroyed any public initiative. Pointing to the negative role of the state in the life of society, Petr A. Kropotkin developed a political and legal theory of anarchism, in which communities, possessing autonomy, constituting a federation of various levels, focusing on the conventional system of law in organizing community self-government.
Keywords
customary law,
self-government,
federation,
justice,
equality,
legal proceedings,
autonomy,
morality,
law
About the Author
A. O. Fadeev
Taganrog Institute of Management and Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexandr O. Fadeev, PhD Student
Taganrog
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Fadeev A.O. Law and Local Self-Government in the Philosophy of Anarchism by P. A. Kropotkin. Juridical science and practice. 2021;17(4):20-26. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.25205/2542-0410-2021-17-4-20-26
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