Malyshev B. Purposefulness of legal system: theoretical and methodological research.

The dissertation is devoted the general theoretical analysis of the purposefulness as the one of main characteristic of the legal system. Purpose is understood as objectively existing teleological cause within the system approach. The legal system determined by: 1) the existing contradictions; 2) the purpose i.e. the future condition which is the mean to solve the said contradictions. Purposefulness of the legal system embodies its axiological and deontic substance. External purposes of the legal system are the social values of justice, equality, humanity and freedom, and inner - fixed by the legislation natural rights and the rule of law. Studied out the functions and the structure of the legal system in the context of its purposes.