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The book by Ivan Terljuk, that has been reviewed in this paper, analyzes chronologicaly the most important stages of the formation of socio-political constitution, as well as legal and judicial system of Ukraine, from their dawn until the beginning of the 21th century. The autor focuses especially on the problems of formation and development of the institutions of power and government, sources of law and the process of systematization of the rules of law. The most essential documents of Ukrainian law were also analyzed.