Search

Issue
Title
Authors
No 5 (2023)
Application of the historical method in Russian lawmaking in the first half of the 19th century: from practice to theory
Tatiana S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2025)
On the issue of the formation of municipal procedural law
Zabelina E.P.
PDF
(Rus)
No 12 (2024)
On the Eurasian paradigm of political and legal knowledge
Gorban V.S., Korolev S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2024)
The formation of P.I. Novgorodtsev’s theory of the social ideal in the context of the creative reception of German philosophical and legal thought
Vasechko V.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2024)
On the importance and methodological aspects of historiographical research of political and legal doctrines
Gorban V.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
On the correlation of the provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation on the protection of trademark rights with the principle of justice in the context of the transition to postmodernity
Koval V.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Methodology of the philosophy of law: Kant and russian lawyers
Frolova E.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2023)
Prussian codification of 1794 as a monument of law and an object of study
Kizyakovsky V.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 12 (2024)
Historiosophy of law: does everything move or does something stay the same?
Bochkarev S.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2024)
Through the ages and times to the crisis understanding the essence of Criminal Law
Bochkarev S.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2024)
Legal identity: postclassical measurement
Chestnov I.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2024)
On the way to a sovereign philosophy of Russian law A. I. Bastrykin, К. F. Ismagilov, М. P. Salnikov. The idea of goodness шn the works of А.M. Dostoevsky and its influence on the development of the philosophy of law (to the 200th anniversary of F. M. Dostoevsky) / intro. by A. I. Aleksandrov. St. Petersburg: university foundation, 2021. – 380 pp. (series “Science and society”); S. I. Zakhartsev, D. V. Maslennikov, V. P. Salnikov. The logos of law: Parmenides – Hegel – Dostoevsky. To the question of the speculative-logical foundations of the metaphysics of law. Moscow: Yurlitinform, 2019. – 376 pp.
Stepashin S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2023)
Intellectual property statute in Private International Law
Lisitsa V.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2023)
State crimes in the system the Special part of the Criminal Code of the RSFSR and the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation
Nikolaeva J.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2023)
General principles of law in the regulation of space activities
Shinkaretskaya G.G.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2023)
The specifics of states and the harmonization of international human rights norms
Kartashkin V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
Some issues of understanding the norms of Administrative Law in the context of teaching on the subject and norms of Administrative Law
Kostennikov M.V., Kurakin A.V., Admiralova I.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2024)
The method of Veniamin Fedorovich Yakovlev
Gongalo B.M.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
Memorial Law: the problem of conceptualization and the limits of regulatory regulation
Vasiliev A.A., Krotkova N.V., Zelenin Y.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2024)
Historiosophy of law: synthesis of disciplines or independent questioning?
Bochkarev S.А.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2024)
Alekseev’s school
Krasheninnikov P.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2023)
On the concept of intellectual rights in the light of their object
Ovchinnikov I.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
Places of traditional residence and traditional economic activity of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Russian Far East: legal aspect
Kryazhkov V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2023)
Development of the doctrine of Russian Information Law in the context of the transition to a data economy
Polyakova T.A., Minbaleev A.V., Krotkova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2023)
Actual problems of Administrative and Administrative Procedural Law
Kaplunov A.I., Ukhov V.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2023)
Canonical Law in modern theological and legal cognitionю V.V. Bagan. Genesis and ontology of the Canonical Law of the Orthodox Church: scientific-theological and scientific-legal research
Ovchinnikov A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
Humanitarian demining of the territories of the Russian Federation affected by the armed conflict: problem statement
Batyr V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
People protection and other axiological dominants of the Russian World: on the way to finding a modern Russian national idea in the conditions of the global multipolarity of the future
Dobrynin N.M.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Category of “legal responsibility” in the context of its application to artificial intelligence systems
Zenin S.S., Yapryntsev I.M., Ivanova L.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
On the effectiveness of digital dispute resolution through arbitration in England and Wales
Rusakova E.P., Frolova E.E.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
The international legal basis of the criminal law policy of the Russian Federation in the field of protection of historical and cultural heritage
Khalikov I.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
S.V. Kabyshev. The Constitution of Russia: Traditions of progress (to the 30th anniversary). Moscow: O.E. Kutafin University Publishing Center (MSLA), 2024
Mazaev V.D.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2023)
Political and legal aspects of paradigm change in the development of nuclear energy in the EU
Lizikova M.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2023)
Trends and problems of modern law. Review of the VII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Plevako Tambov Legal Readings”
Zelepukin R.V., Kholikov I.V., Krotkova N.V., Zemlin A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Judicial and legal progress as a special category of modern law
Maksurov A.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2025)
Judicial protection of civil rights of the Special Military Operation participants and their family members
Mikhailova E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2025)
The legal genesis of the Russia finance system
Zapolsky S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2025)
The influence of domestic constitutions on the basic laws of foreign countries
Shulzhenko Y.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 12 (2024)
Legal regulation of platform employment in Russia and abroad: problems and prospects
Tomashevski K.L., Chichina E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2025)
No more fantasy: international legal aspects of solar energy in space
Chernykh I.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
The problems of sovereignty in the works of native pre-revolutionary government scientists
Shulzhenko Y.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Legal status of “military volunteers” in the Russian Federation
Kudashkin A.V., Kholikov I.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
Status of the natural resources of celestial bodies: novelties of the practice of states
Vylegzhanin A.N., Yuzbashyan M.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
State and prospects of development of the Russian criminal legislation
Rarog A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2024)
Legal training of medical professionals and the branch of Medical Law
Skrebneva N.A., Dobrovolskaya N.E.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2024)
Perspectives of the application of artificial intelligence in civil legal proceedings: risk assessment and the method of their mitigation
Danielyan A.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2024)
S. A. Drobyshevsky, L. S. Matveev, T. V. Protopopova. The application of law: Problems of theory and history. Moscow: Prospekt, 2024. – 128 pp.
Kozhevnikov V.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2023)
Jangir Abbasovich Kerimov – man, scientist, citizen
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2023)
M.S. Strogovich: theorist of the Soviet Criminal Procedure
Savenkov A.N., Rossinskiy S.B.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2023)
Relations of administrative and legal protection as a kind of administrative and legal relations: concept, content, characteristics
Kobzar-Frolova M.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2023)
Procedural status of a member of the election commission
Turischeva N.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Defined the new time and the strategies of the future
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2023)
Legal security and legal certainty of the individual: constitutional and legal aspect
Veliyeva D.S., Presnyakov M.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
Protection of non-property interests of the Russian state as a key element of the legal mechanism for counteracting distortions of Russia’s historical path
Mikhailova E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2025)
Formation of a strategy for national human rights protection as a pressing task
Chechelnitsky I.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
The first results of the judicial reform. Review of the All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference “Cassation Courts of General Jurisdiction: first results, practice, prospects”
Mateykovich M.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
Superpositions of the will of the collective subject
Mayboroda V.А.
PDF
(Rus)
No 12 (2024)
Public competition in Russian Civil Law: thе concept, features, subjects
Guseva T.S., Kazakova M.V., Nizamova E.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2025)
Modern priorities for the development of Information Law: legal support of state sovereignty and information security in the Information Space of Russia
Polyakova T.A., Minbaleev A.V., Naumov V.B.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2024)
Theories of constitutional interpretation in the United States of America
Berlyavsky L.G.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
Philosophical understanding of historiographical and perspective of fundamental tasks and branch legal sciences (review of Round Tables with international participation)
Gorban V.S., Krotkova N.V., Malikov S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2024)
The teaching of professor V.T. Kabyshev on constitutionalism. To the 85th anniversary of Vladimir T. Kabyshev, doctor of law, professor, honored scientist of the Russian Federation, honorary worker of higher education of Russia
Zametina T.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
The U.S. supreme court and the ministerial exception doctrine
Pibaev I.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
All-Russian Conference with international participation “History of political and legal doctrines as a scientific and educational discipline”
Krotkova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
Preconditions for the right to bring claim: state of the art
Mikhailova E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2023)
National codifications of Private International Law: General Law of Uruguay No. 19.920
Erpyleva N.Y., Getman-Pavlova I.V., Kasatkina A.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2023)
R. Pound. Freemasonry and the Law / transl. from English by E.L. Kuzmishin
Nutrikhin R.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2023)
Criminal Law and operational investigative activity: problems of legislation, science and practice
Pleshakov A.M., Shkabin G.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
The state and law: one hundred years together
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2025)
Evolution of the theory of financial legal relations (historiographic and dogmatic aspects of formation and development)
Kobzar-Frolova M.N., Vasyanina E.L., Andrianova N.G.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2024)
Secondary legal relations as the special type of legal relations
Kramskoy V.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2024)
S. A. Golunsky: lawyer, scientist, diplomat
Savenkov A.N., Rossinsky S.B.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Punishment is justified if… (according to the pages of the book by I. M. Ragimov “Justification of punishment. Historical, religious, philosophical, sociological aspects”)
Chuchaev A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2024)
The problem of protecting the right of a user of internet platforms to an account
Diskin E.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2024)
On the scientific heritage of Professor, judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation V. O. Luchin
Bobrova N.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2024)
Formation and development of the idea of representation and Russian parliamentarism in the constitutional doctrine
Bezrukov A.V., Savoskin A.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
System of criminal measures procedural coercion: What signs indicate for its existence?
Rossinskiy S.B.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
Honor and dignity as objects of criminal law protection
Latypova D.M., Musaleva A.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
The Philosophy of Law in Russia as the ideological and theoretical basis of the national legal ideology: history, modernity and prospects
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2023)
Comparative Constitutional Law: new approaches, concepts and categories (All-Russian the “Round Table”)
Varlamova N.V., Vasilieva T.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2023)
Review of the work of A.N. Savenkov “Nuremberg: A Verdict for name of Peace” (Moscow: Prospekt, 2021. – 760 pp.)
Sreto N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Social risks of the genetic revolution: from the standpoint of the legal approach
Lapaeva V.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2023)
The place of Emission Law in the system of educational material
Belsky K.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2025)
Employment contract as a private law transaction: legal qualifications and approaches of judicial practice
Laptev V.A., Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2025)
Collective portrait of the front-line generation of labor scientists (on the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory)
Lushnikov A.M., Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
On the scientific heritage of V.D. Sorokin according to the theory of legal process and procedural branches of law
Kaplunov A.I., Bavsun M.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2024)
Tradition and ideology of the human legal status in Russian constitutionalism
Dzhagaryan A.A., Sokolshchik I.M.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2024)
Theological facets of the doctrine of crime (some thoughts on the new monograph by Professor I. M. Ragimov)
Alikperov K.J.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Ideological distortions in the historiography of political and legal doctrines: nature and typology
Vasiliev A.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2024)
Features of hybrid threats to the security of the Russian Federation: theoretical and legal analysis
Bobrova O.G.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2024)
Conditions for the restriction of intellectual rights in the protection of the constitutional right of citizens to health protection
Latyntsev A.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2024)
Trends in the criminal law policy of modern Russia in the sphere of lawmaking: Empirical and analytical research
Korobeev A.I., Chuchaev A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
Legal means of protection of creative labor as a traditional Russian spiritual and moral value
Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
Informal employment in the Russian labor market: causes and legal responsibility
Kiseleva E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2023)
Labor Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan: in 3 vols. Vol. 1. General part: textbook
Tomashevski K.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2023)
Prerequisites for the adoption and essence of the main provisions of the Concept of Legal Policy of the Republic of Belarus
Chupris O.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
Ensuring employment, productive labor and social protection in the conditions of hybrid legal regimes: an interdisciplinary approach (review of the International Scientific and Practical Conference)
Malikov S.V., Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2025)
The 80th anniversary of Victory in the light of the approbation of the results of fundamental scientific research at the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Gorban V.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2025)
The concept of “life” in the classical philosophy of International Law (T. Hobbes, G. Grotius, D. Vico)
Karakulyan E.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
The Digital or Information Code: prospects for legislative regulation
Pilipenko Y.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
The phenomenon of the country-civilization in the mirror of the Constitutional Law of Russia
Kolyushin E.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2025)
The art of being an apologist for the foreign policy of the state: P.P. Shafirov’s treatise “Reasoning…” is the main initial milestone in the history of the Russian science of International Law
Batyr V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
On the issue of codification of information legislation in the context of digital transformation
Polyakova T.A., Minbaleev A.V., Naumov V.B.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2024)
The fundamentals of Criminal Law: a new direction of research (on the pages of the book by I. M. Ragimov “Crime and punishment in world religions. Historical, religious, legal and philosophical aspects. St. Petersburg: Association “Law Center”, 2023. – 303 pp.”)
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2024)
Philosophical and legal ideas of F.M. Dostoevsky in modern legal doctrine A. I. Bastrykin, R. F. Ismagilov, V. P. Salnikov. The idea of goodness in the works of F.M. Dostoevsky and its influence on the development of the philosophy of law (to the 200th anniversary of F. M. Dostoevsky) / opening speech by A. I. Aleksandrov. 2nd, rev. and exp. St. Petersburg: University Foundation, 2023. – 456 pp. (Series “Science and Society”)
Polishuk N.I., Zelepukin R.V., Krotkova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2024)
On the form of ownership of state corporations and public law companies and a new type of legal entity
Andreev V.K.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
Common property of a simple partnership as the basis of corporate management
Laptev V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2023)
Improving the constitutional and legal policy of the Russian Federation in the field of regulating the educational activities of universities in the context of globalization and regionalization
Khizhnyak V.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2023)
Identification criteria for erga omnes obligations
Vereina L.V., Sinyakin I.I., Skuratova A.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2023)
Legal responsibility and punishment: the problem of correlation
Tolstik V.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2023)
Civilizational approach to human rights: on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Savenkov A.N., Kolotova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2023)
To the question of the definition and features of corporate norms
Makarova N.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2023)
Freedom of profession and protection of private property in the decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Kucherenko P.A., Terekhov A.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2023)
Theory of labor relations in the context of the transformation of the sphere of work: designation of the problem
Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
To the question of the principle of justice in Roman Law
Lysenko O.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2023)
Criminal and legal protection of cyber virtual property in modern China
Dunmay P.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2023)
Public power. Law and order. Human rights (Review of the International “Round Table” “The Russian state and the challenges of the XXI century”)
Pozharskii D.V., Krotkova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2025)
On the Discussion Regarding the Legal Conceptual Framework in the Field of Artificial Intelligence
Naumov V.B., Kamalova G.G.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2025)
Causes of Crime: Squaring the Circle (Based on the Pages of Kh. J. Alikperov’s Monograph “Interbeing as a Source of Generation of Criminal Motivation”)
Chuchaev A.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
The development of ideas about finance, the science of Financial Law and the financial activities of the state in Russia and abroad (theoretical, legal and historiographical essay)
Kobzar-Frolova M.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2025)
The Russian state-civilization and its unprecedented feat in ensuring the peace and security of mankind: on the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
Struggle for peace (on violations of norms International Law by the North Atlantic Alliance)
Kholikov I.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2025)
Philosophy of Law by I. Kant: an authentic interpretation
Zhukov V.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 7 (2024)
At the breaks of history (Mikhail Aleksandrovich Arzhanov – man, scientist, era)
Pligin V.N., Kobzar-Frolova M.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 8 (2024)
Russian philosophy of law and the historical tasks of Russia: to the publication of the monograph of corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences A.N. Savenkov “Philosophy of law and the formation of the Russian state-civilization”
Zhukov V.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Criminal law prohibition of acts infringing on the right to work
Kursaev A.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
Subject and system issues of administrative law (part 2)
Kostennikov M.V., Kurakin A.V., Admiralova I.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 10 (2023)
Constitutional Law, Philosophy and statehood of Russia. B.S. Ebzeev. The Philosophy of Russian constitutionalism: essays
Zhukov V.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2023)
Motherhood and childhood as a basis for family policy: modernity and historical heritage
Letova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Man in the world of law. D.S. Velieva, M.V. Presnyakov. Legal certainty and human rights
Permilovskiy M.S.
PDF
(Rus)
No 9 (2025)
The search for truth and justice (reflections on the work of Professor I. M. Ragimov)
Savenkov A.N.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2025)
Incorporating mediation in the dispute resolution process at the State Administrative Court in Indonesia
Harjiyatni F.R.
PDF
(Eng)
No 3 (2025)
Criminal law regulation of liability for bribery in China
Dunmay P.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2025)
Human identity and human rights under the conditions of the singularity: philosophical and legal dimension
Ovchinnikov A.I., Krotkova N.V., Fatkhi V.I.
PDF
(Rus)
No 12 (2024)
The essence of legal initiative
Redko A.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2025)
E.V. Motina, K.L. Tomashevski, E.V. Chichina. Legal regulation of atypical forms of employment in the context of digitalization and regional integration. Minsk: Amalthea, 2024. – 244 с.
Chucha S.Y.
PDF
(Rus)
No 11 (2024)
Issues of methodology in the history of the state and law of Russia: in the light of the scientific heritage of Serafim Vladimirovich Yushkov
Kabyshev S.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 1 (2024)
The legal status of the press in Russia at the beginning of the XX century
Sopova A.P.
PDF
(Rus)
No 2 (2024)
Philosophical and methodological foundations of the constitutionalization of Russian law in the context of post-classical jurisprudence
Alekseev I.M.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2024)
Administrative legal proceedings as a procedural form of protection
Mikhailova E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 3 (2023)
About alternative legal constructions of regulation of financial relations
Zapolsky S.V., Vasyanina E.L.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Instruments for post-contract opportunism in Islamic law
Shovkhalov S.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 4 (2023)
Remembering Academician V.N. Kudryavtsev…
Lukasheva E.A.
PDF
(Rus)
No 5 (2023)
Confiscation as a civilistic instrument of the state’s anti-corruption policy
Aryamov A.A., Ryabtseva E.V.
PDF
(Rus)
No 6 (2023)
Agreements and contracts in the field of family relations: correlation and features of legal regulation
Letova N.V.
PDF
(Rus)
151 - 295 of 295 Items << < 1 2 

Search tips:

  • Search terms are case-insensitive
  • Common words are ignored
  • By default only articles containing all terms in the query are returned (i.e., AND is implied)
  • Combine multiple words with OR to find articles containing either term; e.g., education OR research
  • Use parentheses to create more complex queries; e.g., archive ((journal OR conference) NOT theses)
  • Search for an exact phrase by putting it in quotes; e.g., "open access publishing"
  • Exclude a word by prefixing it with - or NOT; e.g. online -politics or online NOT politics
  • Use * in a term as a wildcard to match any sequence of characters; e.g., soci* morality would match documents containing "sociological" or "societal"