LEGAL VALUES: RESEARCH BY SCIENTISTS IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE

Abstract

The essential ideas, standards, and precepts that direct the creation, interpretation, and enforcement of laws within a legal system are referred to as legal values. These principles influence the content of laws and the way justice is administered, providing the moral and ethical framework on which legal systems are constructed. Legal values is an area of interest not only in legal sciences, but also in many areas of social and humanitarian sciences. By engaging with legal values from multiple perspectives, scientists can deepen our understanding of their significance in shaping legal systems, social norms, and the broader fabric of human societies. In accordance with these conclusions, the article presents an analysis of research by scientists in the post-Soviet space related to the concept of legal values.Scientists from all across the world have researched the idea of legal values extensively. However, the concept of legal values in its whole has received little attention from domestic academics as well as scientists in the former Soviet Union. 177 materials were discovered when the keyword “legal values” was searched in the Web of Science Core Collection. Among these materials, 39 scientific articles belong to Russian and Ukrainian scientists. Research using this keyword has been published since 2016. The conclusions of the article were made on the basis of 8 materials. As a result of the study, the author came to the conclusion that published research by scientists on legal values contributes to a deeper understanding of the legal system and its social scene.