Law, law enforcement and legal hermeneutics

Law finds its expression and existence in language. The relationship between law and language determines its interpretative nature. In the process of applying normative legal acts, they always need to be interpreted by the law enforcement officer in order to clarify the meaning and will expressed in them, intentionally aimed at establishing certain behavior and regulating the significant social relations. The problem of understanding normative legal acts, achieved in the process of their interpretation is one of the most important tasks of subjects authorized to apply the law. The article deals with the problems of interpretation, understanding and application of law as a single process, using examples from judicial practice. The essence and content of the main directions in hermeneutics as a theory of interpretative practice and philosophy of understanding, its main canons are studied. In this regard, the subject of analysis is the works of G. Gadamer, E. Betti, L. Wittgenstein, M. Heidegger, A. Kaufman, A. Aarnio, P. Riker on the philosophy and theory of language and legal hermeneutics. The article defines the categories "understanding", "pre-understanding" ("predestination») and in this context, the significance of the explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation for the law enforcement and interpretative practice of courts. Examples from judicial practice show cases of cancellation of court decisions due to incorrect interpretation of laws, as well as when law-making is actually carried out under the guise of interpretation.

Keywords

law, court, interpretation, interpretation, hermeneutics, pre-understanding, understanding, predestination, law, Constitution, Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, explanation

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09.06.2021

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17.03.2022

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37961

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GOST	Kornev V., Kononenko V. Law, law enforcement and legal hermeneutics // Gosudarstvo i pravo – 2022. – Issue 1 C. 54-63 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://gospravo-journal.ru/S102694520018271-9-1 (circulation date: 04.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018271-9
MLA	Kornev, Viktor N, Kononenko, Vladimir I "Law, law enforcement and legal hermeneutics." Gosudarstvo i pravo 1 (2022):54-63. DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018271-9
APA	Kornev V., Kononenko V. (2022). Law, law enforcement and legal hermeneutics. Gosudarstvo i pravo (1), pp.54-63 DOI: 10.31857/S102694520018271-9

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