E. V. Vaskovsky and Contemporary Civilistic Methodology

In the present paper a contribution of Russian scholar E. V. Vaskovsky to the development of the doctrine of legal science methodology is considered. It is demonstrated, how a theoretical and dogmatic approach to jurisprudence was supplemented over time by economic approach, focused on assessment of efficiency of legal norm. This combination or «aggregation» of scientific methods of law and economics has led to a new understanding of normativity in the regulation of social relations. The author concludes that the teachings of E. V. Vaskovsky on the juridical method, as well as his contribution to the issue of interpretation of the rules of law and filing the gaps in law — are still actual today and furthermore have become ever more topical.