Remembering:

subject and methods of the theory of state and law;

conceptual and categorical apparatus of state and legal studies (dogma of law);

basic legal doctrines, in particular, the doctrine of the rule of law.

Understanding:

patterns of emergence, development, existence and functioning of the state;

place and role of the state in the political system of civil society;

place and role of law in the system of social regulation;

general principles of legal regulation of social relations.

Application of knowledge (skills):

legal norms and principles, interpretive legal acts, conceptual and categorical apparatus of law and state studies for qualification of legal situations.

Analysing:

system and components of the state mechanism;

system, components, causal relationship of the legal regulation mechanism.

Evaluating:

the importance (values) of the rule of law, law and order;

specific legal (state and legal) phenomena and processes on the basis of legal values and values of law.

Creating:

legal characteristics of state and legal phenomena, processes, and relations based on knowledge, understanding, and basic patterns of the emergence, development, and functioning of the state and law.

Methodology of the theory of state and law. Social and historical preconditions for the existence of the state and law. Concept, essence, forms of the modern state. Organization of state power.

Basic concepts of legal understanding. Concept, essence, sources, system of law. Lawmaking. Interpretation of law. Realization and application of law. Legal relations. Legal behavior. Legal responsibility. Legal activity. Legal systems.