Theoretical and legal problems of functional parameters studying of legal reality phenomena

  • Irina L. Vershok Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

A critical assessment of the use of the functional method in jurisprudence is given. The main problem of functionalism is the attempt to characterise the functional purpose of the categories of philosophy, rather than real legal phenomena. Isolating the functions of law or state as abstract categories of philosophical and legal significance is often too speculative and does not have a substantive scientific explanation and verification. The author recognises the high heuristic potential of the functional approach, but takes into account the difficulties in its use. The author examines the conditions for the most optimal use of functional analysis in jurisprudence. These conditions include a clear definition of the subject of functional analysis in a spatiotemporal framework, the most accurate understanding of its structure and formal certainty, the use of historical and sociological data for more accurate knowledge about the real functional parameters of the phenomenon being studied. The particular value of this article lies in the fact that the author substantiates the features of the use of functional analysis for the legal reality phenomena and juridical validity.

Author Biography

Irina L. Vershok, Belarusian State University, 4 Niezaliezhnasci Avenue, Minsk 220030, Belarus

PhD (law), docent; associate professor at the department of theory and history of state and law, faculty of law

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Published
2024-05-03
Keywords: functional method, function of law, function of the state, function of legal consciousness, legal reality phenomenon, legal reality and juridical validity
How to Cite
Vershok, I. L. (2024). Theoretical and legal problems of functional parameters studying of legal reality phenomena. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law, 1, 8-16. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/law/article/view/6210
Issue
No 1 (2024): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Law
Section
Theory and History of Law and State