I.S. AKSAKOV’S «JUDICIAL SCENES» PUBLISHED BY A.I. HERZEN IN THE «POLAR STAR» IN 1858 Motin Sergey Vitaljevich, PhD at law, associate professor. <...> Place of employment: Ufa Law Institute of MIA Russia. <...> Department: History and Theory of State and Law chair. -mail: motinsergey@mail.ru Annotation Purpose – to describe the history of creation and publiМКtion oП thО «JuНiМiКl sМОnОs», НОmonstrКtО thОir Кrgument and the key episodes in the context of the study of I.S. AФsКФov’s liПО, аorФs КnН politiМКl-legal views. <...> Results – thО «JuНiМiКl sМОnОs» bring to light thО sвstОm of bribery within a separate Russian criminal court. <...>