Dyomina O. Formation of legal culture of student youth in conditions of a modern Ukrainian society

The dissertation is devoted to research of legal culture of student youth as to a component of legal culture of Ukrainian society. The essence, the matter, the concept, the structure, the functions of legal culture is researched basing on methodology-theoretical fundamentals of a theory and legal philosophy. The ratio of a law and culture is shown. The transition from narrow-normative law understanding to wider (integrative), uniting on the basis of modern philosophical methodology vital ideas of the basic legal schools and directions, is examined in the dissertation on the basis of development tendencies analysis of the types of law understanding. It is typical of integrative law understanding perception of norm of a law as social value integrated in legal culture of a society. Research of a ratio of a law and a culture testifies that a law is the phenomenon of culture and reflects in itself existing moral and cultural values. The legal culture is considered in different aspects: as an element of legal life, as expression of its quality; as a way, (means) and criterion of legal socialization; as a rate of legal directivity those or other subjects of a law, rules of their legal behaviour and activity, etc., defines a measure of a dialogue reality of authority and a society. The matter of a law-educative process in unity of legal socialization, legal training, legal education, legal development of students is researched. Special value is given to the complex analysis of essence, principles, problems, system of a law-educative process, directions of legal spirituality development, increase of its efficiency. It is proved, that legal progress in Ukraine is possible under condition of simultaneous formation of legal culture of citizens, including students, and becoming of a civil society, democratic social, a constitutional state during realization of political and legal reform.