The article is devoted to the problem of the correlation of law and morality in the legal doctrine of L. I. Petrazhitsky (1867—1931) — the founder of the psychological school of legal thinking. The scientific novelty of L. I. Petrazhitsky manifested itself in the denial of all known concepts of law: positivist, sociological, natural law. Petrazhitsky considered law and morality to be homogeneous in their mental nature. However, legal emotions have an imperative-attributive nature, which presupposes the presence of subjects of rights and subjects of obligations, while moral emotions are only imperative (one-sidedly obligatory). The originality of Petrazhitsky’s emotional theory by no means testifies to its proof. In the works of the scientist, there is no answer to the question: where do legal emotions come from?
L. I. Petrazhitsky, political and legal doctrine, psychological theory of law, law, morality, relationship of law and morals
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