Scientific ideas of S. S. Alekseyev and their influence on the system and principles of labor law

Objective: to identify the influence of conceptual scientific ideas of S. S. Alekseev on the development of the labor law doctrine.Methods: dialectical method of cognition, as well as a set of general scientific (system analysis, synthesis, classification, generalization, induction, deduction) and specific-legal (formal-legal, comparative-legal) methods.Results: the genesis of S. S. Alekseev’s views on the system and structure of law, their perception and consideration in the system of labor law was investigated. The author shows three conceptual approaches to building the labor law system and substantiates the division of the special part of labor law into three sub-branches: individual, collective and procedural labor law. S. S. Alekseev’s views on the principles of law are analyzed, including their classification into basic, inter-sectoral, and sectoral principles of law and principles of legal institutions.Scientific novelty: the analysis of the influence and perception of S. S. Alekseev’s ideas at the sectoral level (primarily in the science of labor law) has not been the topic of scientific research so far. The work shows the significance of the ideas of natural law and their perception in positive law, including labor law, as well as the embodiment of S. S. Alekseev's ideas on human-centrism and humanism in the national labor law. The author substantiates the conclusion about the influence of S. S. Alekseev’s views on the formulation of labor law, enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, including freedom of labor, social justice and some other guiding legal principles of this sector.Practical significance: is expressed in the fact that the ideas about the labor law system can be used in the subsequent systematization, including in the new codification of labor legislation. The ideas about the labor law principles can be applied for the improvement of Article 2 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation and be taken into account by courts and other law enforcement agencies in overcoming gaps in law and resolving legal conflicts and other defects in law.