Interests in the System of General Legal Values and Principles of Law

Principles have always been given considerable attention in the literature, and in different historical and political periods scholars have repeatedly highlighted their significance. The legal doctrine shows diametrically opposite theories and concepts considering these principles in the system of law, depending on the theories of legal understanding. Ambiguity in relation to the principles is explained by their deep nature, versatility and multi aspect. Thus, for a long time in the domestic legal doctrine, the role of technical means by which the construction of a legal norm is carried out was assigned to the principles. The author notes the relevance of rethinking the role of principles, which is explained by the ongoing changes in society, the emergence and penetration of «non-legal regulators» into the sphere of regulation of law. The purpose of the paper is to study interests in the system of general legal values and principles of law. It is noted that the object of the principles are values, mindset, but not the subjective behavior of the individual.
The paper considers that principles in law constitute a certain hierarchy based on objective criteria. The role of the principles of law lies in the «introduction» of the value fixed by the principles into legal reality. The author concludes that the main purpose of law is determined through general principles and law acts as a special social regulator, and certainty is its distinctive feature as a regulator of relations. The principles in law themselves should express common interests and act as criteria for evaluating law-making. The system of legal principles should correspond to the interests of society, but at the same time this system does not belong to the norms of law themselves. It is concluded that in the norms of law, the principles should be implemented in a conventional form through social and legal discourse.

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