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Almanac of law. Issue 16 (2025), pages 253–260.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2025-16-253-260

Mima I. V.
National legal mentality, legal mentality and global processes of digitalization: issues of interaction

The article is devoted to the analysis of the features of the development of the Ukrainian legal mentality, in the process of introducing digital innovations into the national legal system and preserving legal traditions that were formed under the influence of historical, cultural, social and political factors. The author considers the national legal mentality as a set of deep ideas, values, beliefs and stereotypes about justice, law, state, which are inherent in the Ukrainian people, formed historically and embodied in its culture, language, religion, traditions and behavior.

Thus, the researcher outlines the features of the Ukrainian legal mentality: a close connection with spirituality, individualism, compliance with liberal values, nihilism combined with idealism. The study proves that legal mentality is of great importance for understanding the peculiarities of the functioning of the legal system, the social behavior of citizens and the formation of legal culture, because it is a reflection of the way of thinking, the system of values, norms and beliefs that determine a person’s attitude to law, law and justice; it reflects the deep level of legal consciousness, which is the result of the long-term influence of historical, cultural and social factors on society.

Considering these positions, the author argues that legal mentality can be considered as an integrative category that covers both the individual and collective levels of legal consciousness.

During the study, the author also draws attention to the conceptual differences between the concepts of “legal mentality” and “legal mentality”. Thus, through legal mentality, the deep level of legal consciousness is revealed (perceptions, beliefs, attitudes and stereotypes that determine the attitude to law at the collective or individual level); static historical and cultural features of society are reflected. Instead, legal mentality appears as a system of ideas that determines the attitude of society or an individual to law, legality and legal institutions, but in a more dynamic aspect (as a reaction to social transformations, reforms, educational programs and the impact of globalization); reflects the current state of legal consciousness and culture; covers the current level of knowledge about law, readiness to act in the legal sphere and the ability to adapt to new legal conditions (global processes of digitalization). In view of this, the author pays special attention to the problems of modern trends in updating the legal system, in particular, to the means and methods of integrating legal systems through the use of digital technologies.

The study emphasizes that the integration of AI into the national legal system changes the traditional understanding of jurisprudence, legal practice, and the role of a lawyer. In particular, AI raises ethical questions regarding responsibility for decisions made by algorithms and the transparency of such decisions, since the lack of clarity of algorithms undermines trust in the legal system. The author emphasizes that the introduction of AI into the national legal system should take into account the specifics of the national legal culture, which is based on the ideas of the rule of law and social justice. However, there are risks that the globalization of technologies may displace national legal peculiarities.

Key words: legal mentality, legal mentality, artificial intelligence, legal system, legal consciousness, legal traditions, globalization.

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