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Общественото мнение за правното съзнание на българина
The Public Opinion for the Legal Consciousness of Bulgarians

Author(s): Sofka Mateeva
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Civil Society, Sociology of Law
Published by: Нов български университет
Keywords: Legal culture; Legal consciousness; Values; Public opinion; Legal upbringing

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses data from an empirical research made among a sample of Bulgarians. This data reveals the state of the legal consciousness of Bulgarians in the current conditions of development of democracy and market economy. The research reveals, that Bulgarians give unsatisfactory evaluation to the functioning of the legal system and at the same time they have high and objective appraisals for the criteria to which must respond the rule of law and the re- lated supremacy of the law. Although the legal consciousness is still in process of formation Bulgarians show realistic expectations for the legal system reform and state that they ar ready to cooperate for the accomplishment of the superemacy of the law in the circumstances of the rule of law.

  • Issue Year: 3/2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 16-25
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian