Almanac of law. Issue 16 (2025), pages 248–252.
DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2025-16-248-252
Makeіevа О. М.
Legal communication as a criterion of the efficiency of the implementation of law: theoretical and legal aspects
Legal communication is a system of socio-legal relations in which the state, civil society, the media, law enforcement agencies and citizens participate. It includes the following elements: communicating the content of legal norms to society; explaining legal mechanisms; responding to the legal needs of the population; legal education and legal educational work. According to many scholars, the effectiveness of law is not only the result of law enforcement, but also the result of effective communication between law and society.
Legal communication is a bridge between law and man; without an active, transparent and accessible exchange of legal information, the implementation of even the best law will be partial or formal. Therefore, the effectiveness of law directly depends on the quality of legal communication in society. Ukrainian experience shows that where the state, the media and civil society actively and accessiblely communicate about law, its effectiveness increases, the number of violations decreases and the legal culture of the population increases.
Legal communication is a necessary condition and criterion for the effectiveness of law implementation.
Without a constant dialogue between the state and citizens, law loses social legitimacy, law enforcement becomes formal, legal awareness degrades, and manifestations of legal nihilism appear. A legal state begins with accessible, understandable and effective law, and this is possible only under the condition of effective legal communication. The participation of the state in legal communication is an indicator of its openness, efficiency and democracy. In other words, it is how the state perceives, organizes and uses legal dialogue with citizens, the media, and civil society institutions. In a legal state, the presence of good legislation is only one of the components of justice. The true value of law is revealed only when it is implemented - that is, when the norms of law are embodied in specific behavior, legal relations, decisions and actions.
Key words: legal communication, law, implementation of law, effectiveness of implementation of law.
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