Open AccessLegitimacy as a Legal Category: Justification of the Concept
Author(s) -
В В Денисенко,
В В Денисенко
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal pravovyh issledovanij
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2410-7522
pISSN - 2410-4965
DOI - 10.17816/rjls18406
Subject(s) - legitimacy , principle of legality , political science , law , law and economics , politics , sociology
The article analyzes the category of legitimacy as a term of legal science. The main approaches to the legitimacy of legal norms are revealed. The author of the article substantiates the approach to legitimacy as an essential characteristic of law. The legitimacy and legitimacy of law are characterized as distinct from the legitimacy of political institutions. The legitimacy of law characterizes the essence and effectiveness of law, so it cannot be reduced to legality. In legal science it is necessary to allocate traditional and rational legitimacy. Keywords: legitimacy of law, legality, essence of law, effectiveness of legal regulation, formal equality, legitimacy of law.