Nediukha M. Legal ideology of the Ukrainian society

The thesis substantiates the nature of legal ideology as a political and legal phenomenon, clarifies its theoretical and methodological principles, basic types, self-organizing potential, substantial and functional links with the legal awareness, state of lawfulness and order. It suggests the typology of legal ideology. Emphasized is on the importance of rights and freedoms of human and citizen as a starting point of defining the nature of the legal ideology. Much attention is given to the coverage of the importance of legal ideology for the development of conceptual foundations of legal policy, legislative and regulatory activities, regulatory providing of vital functions of the main areas of contemporary Ukrainian society. Is underlined the importance of a meaningful distinction of the concepts of ‘public relations’ and ‘social relationship’ according to their paradigm conditionality. In the thesis is determined meaningful content of the Ukrainian national idea in accordance with the state building potential of the Ukrainian people on the stage that preceded gaining independence and sovereign development. The thesis presents substantiation of the innovative nature of legal ideology as a political and legal means of ensuring the spiritual development of the Ukrainian society, the search for answers to today’s challenges, including state and national security. There has been identified the theoretical and methodological potential of legal ideology in the implementation of the state building potential of Ukrainian national idea.