Legal Confidence as a Basis for the Stability of the Legal System of the Society: A Russian Dimension

Abstract

The article analyzes legal confidence-the most important dimension of social confidence. Confidence in law is a multidimensional and complex phenomenon determined not only by the effectiveness of the work of legal mechanisms but also by the conditions and factors inherent in a particular society. The author examines such aspects as a system of legal confidence, mutual influence of interpersonal and institutional confidence in the legal environment, the balance between confidence and non-confidence. Based on the results of the study, the author concludes that confidence is a key resource that objectively determines the dynamics of legal consciousness and behavior. The more examples of effectiveness of the legal system and jurisprudence an individual sees, the higher his confidence not only in law and its elements, but also in the political order as a whole. In this respect, legal confidence seems to be more institutional and organized type of social confidence. A high level of public confidence in public authorities can minimize the risks of imperfections in the legal system, but it should not replace it.