At the present time, during the continuing unstable economic situation due to the influence of the global financial crisis on all aspects of socio-economic structure of modern Russia, attention, in our opinion, should be given to the development of innovative, structurally designed and implemented in practice projects.In this regard, the present work, which is a collection of scientific articles under the title «Formation of actual concepts of the institutions of marriage and family in the context of a democratic society of modern Russia: characteristics, effectiveness, and prospects» covers not only the presence of white space in the existing legislation and the ambiguity of the positions in the solution of last the doctrine of family law, but also including raises questions of a sociological and moral order. In this light, this book the author considers as a tool for reforming existing legislation, the real improvement of the social and legal development of our country during its steady progressive development.