Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The aim of the study is to consider the key aspects of such a scientific problem as the relationship between the form and content of domestic political and legal doctrines. Applying a set of general scientific methods of cogni- tion based on a dialectical approach to the understanding of state and legal phenomena and the corresponding processes, the author comes to the conclusion that along with the development of interdisciplinarity within the framework of the modern stage of scientific rationality, rethinking the forms of external expression of political and legal doctrines in the context of their content (and elements of the corresponding political and legal doctrines) is acquiring a decisive character in light of the prospects for the general development of the science of the history of political and legal doctrines in the 21st century. The article substantiates the need for closer attention to the issue of the forms of external presentation of political and legal doctrines. The author bases his position using, first of all, a specific historical approach and analyzing pre-revolutionary teachings, as well as the results of the development of scientific legal thought in the field of science of state law. It is there that the dependence of the content on the form of external presentation of their teachings chosen by the authors (dissertation, monograph, scientific article) is manifested. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The article describes such interrelated categories, in the authors’ opinion, as “effectiveness of regulatory legal acts” and “assessment of regulatory impact” within the framework of scientific and practical approaches. As part of the study, the authors raise the question of whether, in principle, an objective assessment of the effectiveness of acts is possible, to what extent it depends on law-making and law enforcement. The answer to this question is complex and multifaceted and requires fundamental research. In this article, the authors conclude that any draft law should not be a mechanical set of legal norms, but should comply with the requirements of legal technology, language norms, and anti-corruption legislation; it should be adopted in accordance with the authority of the body that issued it, and should not contain provisions that run counter to the norms of higher-level acts. In ad- dition to all of the above, obviously, the draft law should be “working”, that is, aimed at optimizing those public relations that are the subject of its regulation. The authors consider the regulatory impact assessment procedure as one of the means to increase the effectiveness of regulatory legal acts by achieving these and other criteria. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The purpose of the study is to consider the “cultural code” as one of the most relevant concepts for humani- ties disciplines studying the state of culture in modern society. Interdisciplinary approaches to the definition of the “cultural code” are taken as a basis, indicating the complexity of this concept. The authors identify the meaningful structure of the concept of “cultural code” in relation to the Abkhaz reality in the parameters of deconstruction and reconstruction of images and symbols using the example of the State Coat of Arms of the Republic of Abkhazia and personifying symbols of social order and progress. Based on the results of the study, the authors identify several key theses and conclusions, in particular: the necessary features of legal regulation of public relations; that the theory of cultural code provides a contextual understanding of human communica- tive behavior and represents the relationship between communication and culture. This also means that in the dynamic interaction of the individual and the social whole, traditions and innovations, freedoms and obligations, both the individual human potential and the public benefit receive an increment.

Annotation: The article analyzes the state of the legal culture of the Russian Federation in the modern period. It also dis- cusses the main terminological features related to the definition of the concept of legal culture and the structural elements included in it. In addition, the problems associated with the insufficiently high level of legal culture among citizens of the Russian Federation in modern realities are identified and analyzed. The data of sociological surveys of young people about public institutions that have the most influence on the growth of the legal culture of society are presented. The article emphasizes that in the processes of interaction between the state and soci- ety, the modernization of the legal policy of the state – the use of information technologies – contributes to the improvement of the level of legal culture of the Russian population. Such an “electronic State” extends not only to the sphere of public administration, but also covers public relations. Further in the article the current state of the legal culture of the Russian population are revealed, and ways to solve the problem of not having a sufficient level of its development are identified. Based on the conducted work, a conclusion was also made that charac- terizes the relevance and importance of improving the legal culture for the further development of the country.

Annotation: The article is devoted to topical issues of the forming and development of family law as an independent branch of Russian law. The authors consider the period of the IX–XVIII centuries in the context of the forming of family norms. The relevance of this topic is due to the importance of the family as a fundamental social institution. Much attention is currently being paid to the preservation of the traditional family values of our state. The effective operation of legal norms in this area guarantees the protection of the interests of members of each individual family. Therefore, the purpose of the authors of this article is: to identify the main directions of the development of marital and family relations in this period; to show how the basic norms and institutions that formed domestic family law were formed throughout the history of Russia; to analyze how the studied historical stage influenced the development of Russian family law. During of the study, historical, comparative legal, and formal legal methods were applied. The authors conclude about the natural development of marital and family relations in this period, about the role of the studied norma- tive legal acts in the forming of family law in Russia.