Abstract
The resolution of the CPSU Central Committee, "On Measures for the Further Development of Jurisprudence and Improvement of Legal Education in the Country," is evidence of the rising role of Soviet jurisprudence in the building of communism and of the party's constant concern for the development of this discipline. The resolution provides a profound analysis of the reasons for the backwardness of jurisprudence in general and of its major shortcomings, and outlines measures to bring about a fundamental improvement of research in the field of Soviet legal studies.