Founder of The Modern Uzbek School of Jurisprudence

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Muhammadjon Muminov – one of the first Uzbek legal scholars, a knowledgeable scientist, and active public figure. He served as the director of the Soviet Construction and Law Research Institute. Under Muminov’s leadership, the institute launched its periodical journal, Soviet Construction and Law. Thanks to his enthusiasm and efforts, numerous legal dictionaries and teKhtbooks were published within a short period. Departments for training highly kualified jurists and postgraduate research programs were also established. At the end of 1932, Muminov published his book On the Theory of State and Law in Russian, which created significant public discussion. This work later became one of the reasons for his political repression. Keywords: law, lawyer, prosecutor, Muhammadjon Muminov, Scientific Research Institute of Soviet Law, Diloro Yusupova, Inomjon Muminov, “On the Theory of State and Law”. University. He graduated and received his diploma in Introduction: Muhammadjon Muminov was born in 1923. 1903 in the city of Namangan. He first studied at a traditional school and later attended the Namangan At that time, with the initiative of the youth gymnasium until 1917. His father, Abdumumin organization “Kumak” (Support) established in Inagomov, was an educated man who served as a local Tashkent, hundreds of young people from Turkistan set judge. From 1917 to 1920, Muhammadjon pursued out for higher educational institutions in Germany, independent studies, and in 1920, he became a Moscow, Leningrad, and Baku. Under such member of the “Komsomol” (Communist Union of circumstances, the young and talented Muhammadjon Youth) organization in Namangan. also decided to further strengthen his knowledge and traveled to Moscow. He set his sights on enrolling in the In the 1920s, the national liberation movement against Faculty of Law at Moscow State University, the most the establishment of Soviet rule intensified in prestigious educational institution in the Soviet Union. Namangan. In the 1923–24 academic years, Muhammadjon In order to suppress popular resistance more kuickly, Muminov’s dream came true. In Moscow, he studied the “Chekists” (Soviet secret police) assassinated alongside many young intellectuals, including Akmal YahyoKhon Tura, one of the most influential Islamic Ikromov, Botu, Abdulla Rahimboyev, Rustam Islamov, scholars in Namangan. However, to prevent an Hamdam Tojiev, Davlat Rizaev, and Karim Boltaev. At uprising, they shifted the blame for their crime onto the that time, Usmonkhon Eshonkhodjaev provided moral local “Komsomol” (Communist Union of Youth) and intellectual guidance to the Uzbek students in organization. Under such circumstances, it was Moscow. impossible for Muhammadjon to remain in Namangan. In September 1921, he enrolled in the workers’ faculty Uzbek students in Moscow formed a separate group, in the city of Kokand. However, in September 1922, the organizing scientific circles and wall newspapers. They Kokand workers’ faculty was shut down. Along with delivered lectures on pressing issues concerning the other students, Muhammadjon was transferred to country's future and promoted Uzbek culture and Tashkent, where he was admitted to the final course of values in the capital of the Soviet Union. At the same the workers’ faculty at the Central Asian State time, Muhammadjon actively contributed articles on International Journal of Law And Criminology 20 https://theusajournals.com/index.php/ijlc International Journal of Law And Criminology (ISSN: 2771-2214) various topics to the newspapers Fergana, Turkiston, under the People’s Commissariat of Justice of the and Zarafshon. In this environment, Uzbek students Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (UzSSR). From 1932 to studying in Moscow entered the political arena, 1935, he served as the director of the Soviet opposing the “Red Empire” policies implemented by Construction and Law Research Institute. Under the central Soviet authorities in their homeland. They Muminov’s leadership, the institute launched its advocated for combating “Great Russian chauvinism” periodical journal, Soviet Construction and Law. Thanks in Uzbekistan and for the localization of leadership to his enthusiasm and efforts, numerous legal positions. The students also protested against the dictionaries and teKhtbooks were published within a suppression of democratic freedoms by Soviet leader short period. Departments for training highly kualified Stalin and the growing dictatorship and repression. jurists and postgraduate research programs were also established. At the end of 1932, Muminov published his On November 7, 1927, a peaceful demonstration was book On the Theory of State and Law in Russian, which organized on the streets of Moscow. The street created significant public discussion. This work later stretching from Zubovsky Skuare to Devichev Place, became one of the reasons for his political repression. nearly 1.5 kilometers long, was filled with people. On that day, students of