General Theory of Future Law: Definitions, Innovative Potential
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https://doi.org/10.57125/FEL.2021.09.25.03Keywords:
theory of law , legal system, jurisprudence, legal synergy, innovations in legal spaceAbstract
The article actualizes promising ideas that have the innovative potential for the formation of new institutional and functional elements of the law of the future. The legal system is one of the more conservative spheres of public activity. The general theory of law is a constant paradigm oriented to the traditional and fundamental components. However, the rapid development of the socio-cultural space produces challenges and threats, requiring the reaction of the legal environment. The purpose of scientific exploration is to identify specific aspects of the general legal space that require improvement and transformation; as well as to realize the feasibility of using the definition “general theory of law of the future”. The objectives of the article are to analyze contemporary legal concepts and ideas that can actualize transformations in certain segments of jurisprudence in the short-term and long-term strategy. The methodology that was used to achieve the objectives of scientific exploration can be divided into several clusters: general scientific methods, individual scientific methods, special methods of scientific legal discourse. The result of the research is the development of theoretical and methodological settings (dynamism, flexibility, and efficiency), which will be relevant to the legal paradigm in the future. So, the general theory of law has historically proved its effectiveness and relevance for civilizational development and does not require cardinal revolutionary changes, however, it is necessary to transform some legal institutional and functional elements in response to the rapid and permanent changes in the sociocultural space.
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