Abstract
The article considers the directions of the formation of research, prac-tice and teaching of international law in Kazakhstan in the middle of the 20th – early 21st centuries. In the modern history of legal and political thought, the history of in-ternational legal science remains insufficiently studied. Its history contains a certain amount of raw information, indicating the level of political consciousness and legal thought, as well as containing data on the history of the formation and development of the science of international law. The relevance of the article was determined by the importance of preserving the scientific legal heritage, the possibility of using its achievements, the need to study the history of international legal science. Of particular significance is the study of the activities of researchers who pio-neered international legal science in Kazakhstan: A.A. Akkushkarov, Ya.B. Belson, U.S. Dzhekebayev, M.K. Yermagambetov, T.M. Kulteleyev, N.S. Sagindykov, M.A. Sarsembayev, etc. The subsequent development of international legal science is asso-ciated with monographic and other studies of the prominent legal scholar M.A. Sarsembayev. The study of the history of the science of international law, as part of the politi-cal and legal consciousness, is legitimate. Its resources contain a large potential that has not been fully used, and contribute to the formation of a direction for further re-search. An analysis of the formation and development of international legal science in Kazakhstan provides an opportunity to summarize some of the results of development in general, and to identify the key issues in its history.