Genesis of the development of the institute of service discipline in police bodies in the pre-revolutionary period of the Russian state

Savelyeva A. A.

The article is devoted to the consideration of the genesis of the development of the institution of service discipline in the domestic police bodies in the pre-revolutionary period of the Russian state. The study of the historical experience of the development of legislation governing the institution of service discipline seems relevant, allowing to identify the origins of the current state of this sphere of regulation. To clarify the legal nature of the service discipline, the author examines the relevant legal relations from the standpoint of historical development. The author traces the evolution of the legal foundations of service discipline in the police bodies in the pre-revolutionary period of the Russian state, shows the complication of the content of normative legal acts governing official legal relations, reveals changes in the conceptual apparatus.

Keywords:history, Russian Empire, police, service discipline, public service, civil service, bureaucracy, police discipline, police service