Researching legal history in 2020: problems, methods and potential

ENPurpose. To consolidate development of legal law in Lithuania and to synthesize the value and perspective of the discipline in it. Design/methodology/approach. The research uses a set of systematic analysis, content analysis, generalization, linguistic, analytical and descriptive social sciences methods. Research limitations/implications. This paper does not claim to presuppose a detailed development of the history of law or historiography analysis, to capture or evaluate personal or institutional merits for development of science. The research efforts are purposefully focused to identify a place and shift of the history of law in relation to other scientific disciplines, to distinguish research methods and problems that are relevant today, and to look at the perspective of scientific change. The scope of the publication is the statehood period of the Republic of Lithuania. Originality/Value. This research can be considered as an intention to identify tendencies and problems of the legal history science that determine researchers and practitioners' working methods. Simultaneously, it may be seen as an attempt to actualize the science of legal history in general, in order to inspire interest in this interdisciplinary and complex branch of science and to ascertain its value in the future. Practical implications. This work aims to reveal changes in the discipline of legal history in Lithuania and to contribute to a more effective research and practical work: by revealing global changes in the discipline, effective work methods, indicating possible challenges for the researcher and practical benefits of science. [From the publication]