Kazakhstan legal mentality and legal nihilism

Abstract

Improvement of legal culture and legal consciousness in modern Kazakhstani society has become one of the urgent problems of legal reality. In addition, questions of legal nihilism are also causing concern. The article is devoted to the study of legal mentality, legal nihilism, legal culture and legal consciousness in Kazakhstani society. The concept of legal mentality, its interrelationship with the concept of legal nihilism and its influence were considered in the article. The need to study the phenomenon of legal mentality and its connection with legal nihilism is based on the fact that thіs study plays an important role in raising the legal consciousness and the legal culture in the Kazakhstani society to a new level. In this regard, legal nihilism denies the impact of efforts and steps taken by the state and society to ensure the rule of law. However, the formation of legal culture and legal consciousness is impossible without taking into account the mental characteristics of the individual and society. The character of any society is determined by the level of legal consciousness and culture of its members. Studying the legal mentality and raising its understanding to a new level allows to form a positive attitude of the society and the individual towards the law, and to understand the causes and effects of legal nihilism and take optimal measures to combat it. In this regard, the study of legal nihilism and its overcoming should be considered in a complex manner, in close connection with the issues of legal consciousness, legal culture and legal mentality, taking into account the mental characteristics of citizens in society, their common value system. The result of the research is to distinguish the current state of the national legal system, to identify and analyze the Kazakhstani legal mentality and legal nihilism from today's point of view, to develop directions and measures for deep understanding.