The fundamentals of modern legal social studies and our past not rethought errors

An urgent task in the field of updating the theoretical and methodological foundations of the current post-Soviet development of science "Theory of State and Law" is searching for a methodology that would contribute to the successful development of our entire Russian society. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to analyze and clarify the reasons for the national theoretical legal science departure from the natural legal foundations of its development in Soviet times. The methods for achieving this purpose are, first, the historical and theoretical description of the generality of natural legal norms and principles origin and their objective influence on the entire legislative and law enforcement practice. For this, the techniques of a specialized social science approach are used. The comparative method is also used in the form of positive experience in conducting social science matters in a number of foreign countries. Results: the study makes it possible to identify the ways of the influence of globalization processes on the intensification of the use of natural legal methods of development of juridical law in different, especially in developed countries of the world. The author substantiates the conclusion that Russian theoretical legal science can develop successfully if in its development it relies more fully on a specialized social science method.