more comparatists tended to support the theory of comparative law as an independent scientific discipline. In this connection it is possible to draw parallels with other humanities and social sciences that widely used the comparative method and, consequently, gave an impetus to the emergence of new comparative sciences. For example, in philology the branch of science as comparative method, while scholarly works of such Russian linguists as V.D. Arakin, NA Baskakov, N Z. Gadjieva, D.G. Kiekbaev and R.Z. Mouryasov acquired international recognition Within the humanities and social sciences, there are also such fields as comparative political science,comparative sociology, comparative history, comparative religious studies, etc (11) A. Saidov holds that there are autonomous concepts: the ' comparative method and comparative jurisprudence!. If the first definition represents a means of cognition of socio-legal phenomena, the latter is a scientific field aiming at studying contemporary legal systems. (12)Y. Tikhomirov theres to the same positions and asserts that comparative law as a science has its own research ubject and methodology -the comparative method. H Chodosh comments that the comparative method is thestarting point'of all comparative legal researches. K. Zweigert and H. Kotz extend this theory and take the functional approach as the basis of legal comparisons. They stress that function is the starting point and basis of all comparative law and that different legal systems can be compared only if they solve the same factual problem, satisfying the requirement in adequate Undoubtedly, comparative law is a method of the comparative research of legal systems. However, is it relevant to attribute the results of comparative investigations to comparative law? Is it possible that they constitute its integral component or should they be considered something independent, a separate domain of legal scholarship? The comparative method is applied in comparative law as the basic specialized method of the research of legal phenomena. Besides, the emergence of comparative law as a science resulted from analysing and resolving new problems in general jurisprudence A. Saidov asserts in this connection that when defining the designation of comparative law it is necessary to speak not so much about the institutional recognition of a new discipline rather about the acknowledgement of a number of new problems that have appeared in legal science. (14) It is interesting to note the opinion of Nersesyants, who argues that the method of comparative law represents a general legal method correspondingly adapted to the conceptualized perception of legal phenomena, compared with one another on the basis of various forms of expression of the formal Another viewpoint is that the science of comparative jurisprudence originates from the synthesis of the comparative method with legal philosophy. Put differently, comparative jurisprudence is a philosophical direction representing a comparative study of conceptual notions which constitute the institutional basis of one or more legal systems. The role of comparative jurisprudence in this case consists in constructing the methodological pillar of legal philosophy and pursuing the informational function. (16)more comparatists tended to support the theory of comparative law as an independent scientific discipline. In this connection it is possible to draw parallels with other humanities and social sciences that widely used the comparative method and, consequently, gave an impetus to the emergence of new comparative sciences. For example, in philology the branch of science as comparative linguistics may serve as a vivid manifestation of the large-scale value of the comparative method, while scholarly works of such Russian linguists as V.D. Arakin, N.A. Baskakov, N.Z. Gadjieva, D.G. Kiekbaev and R.Z. Mouryasov acquired international recognition. Within the humanities and social sciences, there are also such fields as comparative political science, comparative sociology, comparative history, comparative religious studies, etc.(11) A. Saidov holds that there are autonomous concepts: the 'comparative method' and 'comparative jurisprudence'. If the first definition represents a means of cognition of socio-legal phenomena, the latter is a scientific field aiming at studying contemporary legal systems.(12) Y. Tikhomirov adheres to the same positions and asserts that comparative law as a science has its own research subject and methodology - the comparative method. H. Chodosh comments that the comparative method is the 'starting point' of all comparative legal researches. K. Zweigert and H. Kötz extend this theory and take the functional approach as the basis of legal comparisons. They stress that function is the starting point and basis of all comparative law and that different legal systems can be compared only if they solve the same factual problem, satisfying the requirement in adequate legal regulation.(13) Undoubtedly, comparative law is a method of the comparative research of legal systems. However, is it relevant to attribute the results of comparative investigations to comparative law? Is it possible that they constitute its integral component or should they be considered something independent, a separate domain of legal scholarship? The comparative method is applied in comparative law as the basic specialized method of the research of legal phenomena. Besides, the emergence of comparative law as a science resulted from analysing and resolving new problems in general jurisprudence A. Saidov asserts in this connection that when defining the designation of comparative law it is necessary to speak not so much about the institutional recognition of a new discipline, but rather about the acknowledgement of a number of new problems that have appeared in legal science.(14) It is interesting to note the opinion of Nersesyants, who argues that the method of comparative law represents a general legal method correspondingly adapted to the conceptualized perception of legal phenomena, compared with one another on the basis of various forms of expression of the formal equality principle.(15) Another viewpoint is that the science of comparative jurisprudence originates from the synthesis of the comparative method with legal philosophy. Put differently, comparative jurisprudence is a philosophical direction representing a comparative study of conceptual notions which constitute the institutional basis of one or more legal systems. The role of comparative jurisprudence in this case consists in constructing the methodological pillar of legal philosophy and pursuing the informational function.(16)