Methodological principles of research of the history of development of sanitary and epidemiological legislation in Ukraine

The article considers the methodological principles on which the study of the history of development of sanitary and epidemiological legislation of Ukraine is based. Despite a certain specificity of the direction of scientific research, the topic of the article is quite relevant, as it concerns the selection of methods for the implementation of historical and legal research of any direction. At the beginning of the work the classification of all scientific methods into philosophical, general scientific, special-scientific and concrete problematic is given. The main methods from each group, which can be used in studying the history of sanitary-epidemiological affairs in Ukraine, are consistently covered. The essence and significance of the dialectical method, the specifics of its application are analyzed in detail. The epistemological potential of such general scientific means of cognition as: logical, historical, statistical, chronological methods, as well as the method of system analysis are also highlighted. Among the most important means of special scientific knowledge are the comparative historical, formal-legal, logical-semantic and legal methods, method of legal modeling and so on. The main forms in which historical and legal comparison can be made during the study of sanitary and epidemiological legislation are indicated. In addition to the methods of scientific knowledge, the article analyzes the main scientific approaches to studying the development of sanitation and epidemiology in Ukraine. In particular, it is noted that it is advisable to use anthropological, axiological and sociological approaches and a number of relevant principles.