The Concept of Customary Law, Legal Custom and Legal Tradition in the Domestic Legal Doctrine
https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1501-2022-12-1-32-40
Abstract
Relevance. Given the multinational composition of the Russian Federation, in some regions of which ethnic legal customs and traditions play a huge role in regulating social relations, the most important task is their definition and formal legitimation. Customary law and legal tradition are the expression of a national socionormative system, the unity of which determines the legal consciousness and legal culture of a certain ethnic group. In this regard, the doctrinal definition and correlation of the concepts of "customary law", "legal custom", "legal tradition" is an urgent theoretical task.
The purpose of the research is to analyze historiography on the problem of defining customary law, legal custom and legal tradition.
The objectives of the research include: identification and analysis of various theories of customary law, definition of ethnic legal custom and ethnic legal tradition..
Methodology. The research methodology includes a wide range of scientific methods (theoretical, empirical, general logical, processing and interpretation of scientific data).
Results. Traditional societies are characterized by the unity of the socionormative sphere (religion, morality and law). The legal tradition is an expression of the national socionormative system, the unity of which determines the legal consciousness and legal culture of a certain ethnic group.
Conclusion. Ethnic legal custom should be understood as a social norm, the binding force of which is based on the public perception of the normal and abnormal.
About the Author
Albina A. Ashurbekova
Belgorod State National Research University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Applicant at the Department of Theory and History of State and Law
85 Pobedy str., Belgorod 308015
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Ashurbekova A.A. The Concept of Customary Law, Legal Custom and Legal Tradition in the Domestic Legal Doctrine. Proceedings of Southwest State University. Series: History and Law. 2022;12(1):32-40. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21869/2223-1501-2022-12-1-32-40
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