The Department of Theory and History of State and Law is the graduating department for educational programs 6B04201 "Jurisprudence", 7M04206 "Jurisprudence", 7M04207 "Jurisprudence", 8D04201 "Jurisprudence".

The department also provides the educational process for the preparation of bachelors in law in the educational programs 6B04202 "Legal support of business", 6B04203 "International Law", 6B04204 "Judicial and prosecutorial activities".

Disciplines of the university component of the department:
Еheory of State and Law
History of political and legal doctrines

Special courses:
General history of State and law
History of the State and law of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Kazakh Customary Law: History and modernity
Islamic Law
Modern problems of the realization of human rights
Legal regulation of military service in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Legal deontology and axiology in the activity of a lawyer
The mechanism of legal regulation in modern conditions
Legal responsibility as a comprehensive institute of law
Fundamentals of law and anti-corruption culture
Fundamentals of scientific research
Law-making process in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems of theory and practice
Legislative technique: problems of theory and practice
Law enforcement activities of state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Anti-corruption compliance in the system of state power and administration

Dates and facts

History:
The formation of the Department of Theory and History of state and Law is difficult to separate from the history of the Faculty of Law. In 1978, the Department of State and Law was divided into two departments: the Department of Theory and History of State and Law, and the Department of State Law and Soviet Construction.
In the period from 1978 to 1980, the Department of Theory and History of state and Law was headed by Associate Professor Vladimirov V. A. After successfully defending his PhD thesis at Moscow State University named after M. Lomonosov from 1980 to 1981, the department was headed by Associate Professor E. A. Ponozhenko. The university management invited specialists from other universities of the republic to strengthen the scientific personnel and training of lawyers. So, from 1981 to 1984, the management of the department was entrusted to the candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor Agdarbekov T. A., a graduate of the Kirov State University. From 1984 till 1994, the head of the department was a young scientist Akhmetova N. S., a student of the famous academic Zimanov S. Z. In 1994-2019, the department was headed by a graduate of the Saratov Law Institute named after D. I. Kursky, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor Kakimova M. S. Since 2019, the leadership is carried out by Doctor of PhD, Associate Professor Musin K. S.

Teachers:
Today, the department employs 14 teachers, including three candidates of Science, Doctor of PhD, Masters, holders of the republican title "Best University Teacher": Candidate of Law, Professor Akhmetova N. S., Doctor of Law, Professor Kozhakhmetov G. Z., Candidate of Law, Professor Turlaev A.V.

Students:
The department specializes in 80 students.

Employment opportunities::
The employment rate of graduates is 75%.

Accreditation and leadership:
The programs of the department have national accreditation in NAOKO and worthy positions in national ratings: for three years, the program 5B030100 - "Jurisprudence" takes the 4th place in the NAOKO rating (https://iqaa-ranking.kz/item/10252).

Partners:
The department cooperates with public administration bodies, the Republican Bureau for Human Rights and Rule of Law, the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan of the Karaganda region, the KSU "Kogamdyk kelisim" of the Akim's office of the Karaganda region.
Every year, leading experts in the field of international and state law from Poland, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan give guest lectures for students and teachers of the Faculty of Law.

Academic mobility:
Foreign professors from Poland, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Kyrgyzstan visit the department with guest lectures on comparative law. The Department provides joint training of PhD doctors with professors of the Department of Constitutional Law of the Wroclaw University of Administrative Law and Economics (Poland): doctor of Law Christian Zomplak and Doctor of Law Arthur Lavnichak.

Projects:
Faculty of the department performs research on budget programs:
"Constitutional and theoretical and legal problems of improving the political system and form in the Republic of Kazakhstan, legal support of the civil service in the aspect of the development of global processes", 2009-2011.
"Theoretical and international legal issues of ensuring the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan", 2012-2014.
"Constitutional and legal protection and ensuring the rights of the child in the formation and development of the juvenile system in Kazakhstan and in the modern world", 2015-2017.
"Constitutional and legal problems of compliance with international electoral standards in national law", 2018-2019.

Educational programs:

6B04201 "Jurisprudence"

The purpose of the educational program is to train highly qualified lawyers for enterprises and organizations of various sectors of the economy of Kazakhstan, competitive in the labor market, responsible, fluent in their profession and oriented in related fields of activity, capable of effective work in the specialty at the level of world standards, ready for continuous professional growth.

The content of the educational program consists of courses:

Theory of state and law, Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, History of political and legal doctrines, Criminal Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Civil Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Civil Procedure Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Criminal Procedure Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Administrative Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, General History of State and Law, History of State and Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Roman private law, Modern problems of the realization of human rights, Electoral law and process, Civil service in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Legal regulation of military service in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Forms of implementation of criminal responsibility, Family law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Criminology, Labor law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Counteraction to corruption criminal offenses, Advocacy and organization of legal assistance, Legal deontology and axiology in the activity of a lawyer, Digital technologies in the activity of a lawyer, Electronic government, Judicial rhetoric, Legal statistics, Enforcement proceedings, Alternative ways of resolving civil disputes, International protection of human rights, Business law, Criminalistics, Criminal enforcement law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Private international law, Public International law, Prosecutor's supervision in the Republic of Kazakhstan, State control and supervision in the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professional Kazakh language, Tax law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Migration law, Mechanism of legal regulation in modern conditions, Legal responsibility as a comprehensive institute of law, Inheritance law, Environmental law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

    Graduate competencies formed as a result of mastering the OP:

    Behavioral skills and personal qualities (Soft skills)

    -demonstrates current knowledge of the humanities and natural sciences that form the ideological foundations of the modernization of public consciousness. Shows respect for the law and the law, intolerance to corrupt behavior;

   - interprets, explains, applies the norms of current legislation and materials of law enforcement practice in resolving legal conflicts. Freely uses the official state, Russian and foreign languages as a means of business communication;

   -possesses historical, normative-substantive, axiological, structural-functional knowledge and methods of scientific research of the state and law as systemic phenomena. Has a clear idea of the social significance of his future profession, the role of physical training in legal activity.

  Digital competencies (Digital skills)

       - uses digital sources of legal information, data analysis and management tools in professional activities. Has the skills to work with electronic government, electronic court proceedings and legal reference services;

       - develops and effectively uses personal and communication qualities, innovative research methods, increases the level of legal awareness and legal culture for creative application in the professional sphere;

       - defines the legal relations developing in the digital space. Qualifies actions and phenomena in the digital environment, and their legal consequences.

Professional competencies (Hardskills)

- selects a specific industry legal norm, taking into account the specifics of the object, subject and method of regulation. Establishes a distinction between public and private legal institutions;

- understands the material and procedural procedures in various branches of the legal system. Performs law enforcement, human rights, organizational and managerial functions;

- implements the state policy in the field of regulation of civil law relations and entrepreneurial activity. Defines practical problems in the field of civil liability, the legal interests of the parties in the international and national mechanism for the protection of the rights of individuals and legal entities;

- qualifies criminal and administrative offenses, develops measures to prevent them. Applies technical, tactical and methodological means and methods in the course of pre-trial and judicial proceedings;

- analyzes ways to improve the theory and practice of national law and legislation, legal risks in legal activity, public administration, state and military service. Effectively uses the conceptual and categorical apparatus when drafting legal documents.

Degree and employment opportunities:

Graduates of the educational program receive a Bachelor of Law degree and can work in law enforcement in various government agencies, including law enforcement; engage in private practice as a lawyer, legal assistant, notary, lawyer.

7M04206 "Jurisprudence" (scientific and pedagogical direction)

The purpose of the educational program

is to train competitive, qualified legal personnel of a new generation with a high legal culture, with fundamental knowledge, professional and innovative competencies, research, analytical and practical skills of legal activity, focused on work in the field of public administration, law enforcement, commercial structures, non-governmental organizations.

The content of the educational master's program consists of courses: Innovations in criminal proceedings, Methodology of modern forensic studies, Commercialization of the results of scientific and scientific-technical activities, Protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet, Cultural rights and innovative potential of the individual, Models of constitutional development of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Law-making process in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems of theory and practice, Theory and the practice of applying civil and civil procedure legislation, Theory and practice of application of criminal and criminal procedure legislation, Public service in the conditions of the service model of public administration, Anti-corruption compliance in the system of state power and management, Current problems of consumer protection, National criminal, criminal procedure legislation in the conditions of convergence of legal systems.

The competencies of a graduate of a master's degree, formed as a result of mastering the OP:

Behavioral skills and personal qualities (Soft skills)

- Able to freely use the state and foreign languages in the field of professional, business and scientific activities.

- Carries out managerial functions in the system of state bodies, public and private organizations; demonstrates the skills of strategic thinking, decision-making in leadership and distribution of responsibilities in a team.

- Applies knowledge of the theoretical, methodological foundations of traditional and modern problems of the history and philosophy of science, pedagogy of higher education, psychology of management, in the field of professional activity.

Digital competencies (Digital skills)

- Uses IT technologies in solving research and practical problems in the field of commercialization of the results of scientific and scientific and technical activities, and in criminal proceedings.

- Analyzes trends and conditions for the formation of a model of constitutional development; uses electronic information service for the realization of the cultural rights of the individual and the development of its innovative potential.

- Owns tools for analyzing and managing data in the field of business, preventing criminal, civil and administrative offenses; demonstrates the skills of working in a digital environment, using technology and an information data bank.

Professional competencies (Hardskills)

- Develops concepts and drafts of normative legal acts in accordance with the rules of legislative technique; applies the norms of legislation to practical situations in the business environment, in cases of citizenship, national security, protection of cultural rights and legitimate interests of citizens and organizations.

- Analyzes the main directions for the implementation of criminal policy in the conditions of integration and convergence of modern legal systems, ways to solve emerging problems, evaluates the improvement of national criminal, criminal procedure legislation, theory of proof, criminology and forensic science.

- Interprets knowledge of the models of constitutional development, the system of constitutional justice and the modernization of the national legal system of Kazakhstan; argues for the improvement of constitutional, criminal, civil, family, administrative, procedural legislation.

- Evaluates ways to improve the theory and practice of the law-making process, legislation, law enforcement, legal culture, civil service in the context of a service model of public administration, anti-corruption compliance in the field of combating corruption in the system of state power and administration.

- Uses the results of comparative legal analysis in studies of foreign legal systems, international legal organizations, Eurasian legal institutions, conducts a scientific analysis of the content and problems of modern legal development, the legislation of the EAEU and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

- Determines the norms of civil legislation in the field of protection of the rights of the family, consumers, intellectual property, certain categories of civil cases; demonstrates the solution of practical problems of civil liability.

Degree and employment opportunities:

Graduates receive a Master's degree in Law and can work in law enforcement, judicial, executive and representative bodies of state power and management as leading experts and managers; advocacy; notary; financial institutions; insurance and audit companies. Also, graduates of this educational program can engage in teaching and research activities.

7M04207 "Jurisprudence" (profile direction);

The purpose of the educational program:

Training of competitive, highly qualified specialists in the field of jurisprudence, having a high legal culture and practical skills of legal activity, having professional and digital competencies, focused on work in the field of public administration, law enforcement, commercial structures, non-governmental organizations.

The content of the educational master's program consists of the following courses: Law-making process in the Republic of Kazakhstan: problems of theory and practice, Problems of consideration and resolution of labor disputes, Public service in the conditions of the service model of public administration, Legislative technique: problems of theory and practice, Countering cybercrime and money laundering, Administrative justice, Victimological prevention of criminal offenses.

The competencies of a graduate of the master's degree, formed as a result of mastering the OP:

Behavioral skills and personal qualities (Softskills)

- Determines and evaluates current trends in the development of law, mechanisms for its improvement, the latest achievements of theory and practice in specific areas of legal activity.

- Has the skills of developing concepts and drafts of normative legal acts; skills of critical analysis of international legal acts and national legislation.

- Uses a variety of language tools in order to identify relevant information for the implementation of managerial, law-making, law enforcement, human rights activities.

- Has the skills of situational and system analysis, the culture of legal thinking, the ability to generalize information, work in a team; the skills to participate in the development and implementation of management projects, the ability to make effective organizational, managerial and legal decisions, to be responsible for them.

Digital competencies (Digital skills)

- Conducts an analysis of the norms of the current legislation and law enforcement practice, uses innovative technologies, skills in working with digital technologies and an information data bank, e-government, e-justice when considering a specific legal case and drafting legal documents.

- Identifies theoretical and practical problems of the development of law-making and law enforcement activities, uses digital sources of legal information.

- It implements state-legal and social mechanisms for the protection of human rights, anti-corruption compliance in the field of combating corruption in the system of state power and administration, legal regulation, prospects for the development of institutions of national legislation, using electronic information services.

Professional competencies (Hard skills)

- Owns a special legislative technique used in law-making activities in order to ensure the quality of law-making and the systematization of legislation.

- Carries out the qualification of offenses, cybercrimes, legalization of criminal proceeds, analyzes international, national, foreign regulatory legal acts.

- Applies the norms of substantive and procedural law in various branches of the legal system to a specific legal case (case), and also summarizes the results of legal practice.

- Evaluates ways to improve legislation in the field of acquisition and termination of citizenship, constitutional and administrative procedures; models of constitutional development, theory and practice of public administration, public service, problems and prospects for the development of administrative justice.

Degree and employment opportunities:

Graduates receive a Master's degree in law and can work in law en

Teacher profiles

Sopyhanova A.B.

Aydarbek A.A.

Aubakirova А.G.

Akhmetova N.S.

Akhmetova K.S.

Bayzhanova G.T.

Baynazarova T.S.

Birmanova A.I.

Volgina А.P.

Gali Zh.O.

Kakimova M.Sh.

Oralbaev N.K.

Poleva I.A.

Musin K.S.

Serikbaeva S.S.

Turlaev A.V.

Tuyakova N.B.