The Communicative Function of Law in a Digital State
https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2023.2.25.495-514
Abstract
The paper is dedicated to the analysis of the communicative law function, which is the basis of the modern interaction between social state and civil society in the era of the digital law formation. In the context of modern digital society and state, we need to take into account the specificity of understanding and classification of the law functions. Communication is one of the most important characteristics of modern digital state and law. In this regard, the paper considers the communicative law function both socially and legally. Socially, the communicative function is considered as an informational one. In this regard, it is essential for the legal culture, legal education and legal consciousness. Communicative function as a social one involves understanding of the interaction between society and law from a position of the linguistic para digm. With this concept, the legal system is seen as a system of communication between subjects based on the autonomy of the individual. In the modern digital state communication as a social function of law is a basis of legitimization of legal acts. The legal consciousness is an important condition for law recognition. Along with the social function, communication plays an important role as a legal one. In this aspect, communicative action is connected to the regulatory and the protective functions of law. Communication plays a key role in the modern legal regulation due to the extension of its subject. The functioning of law in modernity has its own specifics with regard to the process of society juridification under conditions of law modernization and fulfilment of the state social function. The juridification consists in the fact that legal norms replace other social rules. Regulation of the majority of social relations through legal functions leads to the need to take into account communicative connections in society. Legal functions of law in the modern society should use the principle of deliberation in law to achieve their goals. Communication in its functional aspect is deemed a necessary foundation of an effective legal regulation and legal policy.
About the Author
V. V. Denisenko
MGIMO University; Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor, Department of Public
Law, Odintsovo Branch of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation; Associate Professor of International Law Department, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
3, Novo-Sportivnaya St., Odintsovo 143007
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Denisenko V.V. The Communicative Function of Law in a Digital State. Kutafin Law Review. 2023;10(3):495-514. https://doi.org/10.17803/2713-0533.2023.2.25.495-514
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