Legal Iconography and Iconographic (Iconological) Method in Legal Studies

The methodology of Russian legal science has a poor understanding such an interdisciplinary as iconography and the iconographic (iconological) methods. This article focuses on history studies iconography. current source-centric approach in socio-humanitarian sciences requires broader research subject methodology. is independent scientific direction, its main tasks being systematization description. author defines direction that describes interprets visual sources content. essence method description general theme, definition attribution details, interpretation images, allegories, plots. illustrated by numerous examples. also defined prospective areas law. Iconological includes three stages. pre-iconographic stage purely empirical descriptive. theoretical analytical; it reveals direct content meaning image. believes law prospects require further discussion.