DEFINITION OF THE PLACE OF LAW IN SOCIETY

Abstract

Introduction. The article examines the issue of determining the place of law in public life. The relevance of this topic lies in the emergence of a social need to consider in more detail the purpose and essence of law in society. Today, there is a significant number of facts confirming the lack of proper attitude to the law through behavioral reflections. There is a significant amount of abuse of law, legal nihilism, etc. Therefore, there was a need for a more general analysis of this issue.

Summary of the main results of the study. The essence of law as the main regulator of social relations, the definition of which many scientists emphasize, was analyzed. Of course, one can unquestionably agree with this, but for a more detailed understanding of its place in society, it is necessary to analyze other constituent concepts. Thus, the ontology of society and social relations, which are its derivative and integral phenomenon, were also considered. It was determined that society is a collection of persons who are connected by common interests. One of the main natural common interests of any society, distinguishing them by state affiliation, is survival. To satisfy both the main and other interests of individuals, they enter into interaction, thereby forming appropriate social relations. However, the views and manners of behavior of each member of society are different, so it became necessary to determine a means of their reconciliation. For this, a law was created and exists, which creates uniform, universally binding, formally expressed rules of behavior, that is, you yourself agree on the different views of individuals in the course of interaction. Regulating only socially important relations, i.e. interests that are legitimized and legalized, the law creates a certain balance of the existence of all persons in society.

Conclusions. Therefore, it can be concluded that the law is not only a means of regulating social relations, but if considered globally, from the point of view of the modernist approach, the law is a means of creating a balance of interests of all persons in society.