THE NATURE OF THE CORRELATION BETWEEN LEGAL NIHILISM AND LEGAL IDEALISM

Abstract

The problem of legal nihilism and idealism as a distortion of the Russian legal consciousness doesnot lose its relevance. The roots of legal nihilism in Russia go back to its historical past. This article willexamine the causes of nihilism and idealism, the nature of the relationship between nihilism and idealism.The questions of legal culture of Russia, which, as in most countries, depends primarily on the level ofdevelopment of legal consciousness of the population, the level of development of legal activity and the levelof development of the entire system of legal acts, are considered. Analysis of legal culture, which was madein this article, necessary to first identify and describe the legal values, ideals, and patterns to be pursued,legislators, enforcers, citizen and society in General, and then, evaluating from this point of view the realstate of Affairs and forms of distortion of legal consciousness in the form of legal nihilism and idealism toseek ways and means of achieving the ideals of rule of law and society