In every society, at all historical stages of development, experienced and sought a compromise ideals and values of different people.The concepts of "fair" and "unfair", "dignity" and "ashamed" in the end, at the level of the state is reflected in the terms of "legal" and "illegal."
On this basis, it is possible to isolate two relatively autonomous, but at the same time interrelated concepts - the "sense of justice" and "legal culture".At first glance, the culture takes precedence over justice, largely determines and defines it.But often we see cases and feedback.It is clear that different people have different values and attitude towards social reality.Some consciously accept and fulfill the requirements of the rule of law, and some allowed (intentionally or not) a departure from the generally accepted rules of behavior.However, even these offenders have a clear knowledge that they are doing is illegal and that their actions in the eyes of society is reprehensible.
So, we can speak of a society of legal culture.It develops together with society, forming the values, the ideals of justice and influencing the behavior of the majority of its members.For example, in slave society was not the value of the individual slave, he was treated as a thing, and goods, but in the later societies was accepted norms of freedom of the people, and now, when we hear about cases of slavery, we unreservedly condemn, but in ancient Greece it was commonnorm.One can cite many examples of how the development of human civilization has changed the legal culture.The concept and its structure is also changing.
Code of legal values, ideals, and norms of behavior are sometimes formed spontaneously, but often it affect the ruling classes, religious authorities, and even charismatic personality.They more or less fascinated by other members of society, causing them to voluntarily or involuntarily to follow these new rules.Thus, the structure of legal culture can be described as follows.First of all, it is a psychological legal culture (for example, stealing is wrong and shameful).This is followed by the behavioral (I will not steal), and finally, the ideological paradigm (theft - a crime).
ideological component of the legal culture is reflected in the customs kutyumah, laws.And already written or unwritten rules of an emerging sense of justice - a form of social consciousness, which reflects the law and its application.Thus, the sense of justice and legal culture are in constant relationship.Legal awareness through education, education through clearly defined laws and regulations affect the culture.But legislative authorities also made up of people - carriers of certain legal values.
bunch of "legal awareness and legal culture" organic and inseparable.They influence each other, and are due to each other.We can say that the first concept of a more orderly, because it is recognized as a valid law and its history, his best achievements, as well as positive examples of other states.It systematized the ideas and notions of the rule of law - real or desired.Legal Culture wider sense of justice, and carries a big emotional and behavioral component.
and sense of justice and legal culture is divided into individual, social group and community.There may be individual values, attitudes and sense of justice, it does not coincide with the generally accepted.There are social groups, which formed quite a different attitude toward the laws and their perception (not "earn and buy", and "steal and drink"), but on the whole society marginalizing such persons and social groups.
However, there are examples where the legal culture of society is simply not grown to the laws, borrowed from the best law enforcement practices in other countries.For example, the law on the humane treatment of animals received from political motives (for the sake of joining the European Union), in a society where it is not accepted to consider our smaller brethren as a legal entity, it will be met by a complete disregard for the law and contrary to the regulations.
