Spirit of law - fundamental category of legal science

Occupation: Professor of the Department of theory and history of state and law, Altai state University
Affiliation: Altai state University
Address: Russian Federation, Barnaul

Journal name

Gosudarstvo i pravo

Edition

Issue 12

Pages

164-167

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of the category “spirit of law” for legal science. Law, as a manifestation of the spirit, can exist “without form”, that is, metaphysically. The law can act on relations and the consciousness of their participants outside and outside of their forms and sources. So, when making a judgment, the goals of law are in demand. The amendments made to the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 2020 led to the actualization of the spiritual and moral foundations of law. The author characterizes the manifestation of the spirit of law. He notes that the value of law is primarily spiritual, not instrumental.

Keywords

law, spirit of law, sense of justice, goal of law, measure, authority, letter of the law, formalism, legal style, idea of law

Received

01.10.2020

Publication date

21.12.2021

Number of characters

14310

Cite

GOST	Sorokin V. Spirit of law - fundamental category of legal science // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2021. – Issue 12 C. 164-167 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520012060-7-1 (circulation date: 26.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520012060-7
MLA	Sorokin, Vitaliy "Spirit of law - fundamental category of legal science." Gosudarstvo i pravo 12 (2021):164-167. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520012060-7
APA	Sorokin V. (2021). Spirit of law - fundamental category of legal science. Gosudarstvo i pravo (12), pp.164-167 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520012060-7

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