Legal consciousness as a factor in the formation of the rule of law.

Abstract

The article discusses the issues of legal awareness in the modern Russian state and its development in the context of the formation of the rule of law. The authors analyze the level of legal awareness in modern Russian society, determine its structure, identify problematic issues of increasing its level, characterize legal nihilism, and suggest ways to overcome it. The authors examine various views in the Russian and foreign scientific literature regarding the principles of the rule of law, its relations with the legal consciousness and legal culture of Russian society.