RUDN Journal of SociologyRUDN Journal of Sociology2313-22722408-8897Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumamba6085UnknownLegal Culture Viewed as a Factor of Civil Society Development in RussiaZubovaYa V<p>Кафедра философии и социологии; Адыгейский государственный университет; Adyghe State University</p>janazubova@rambler.ruAdyghe State University150420104222807092016Copyright © 2010, Zubova2010<p>The article focuses on the civil society and its development in Russia in connection with the notion of legal culture. The legal culture is integral to people's social activities and it is inextricably intertwined into the system of social relations as a result of the regulatory control of the activity, the ranking and regulation of the public intercourse based on the law. The legal culture is uniquely positioned for exercising strong influence upon an individual since it involves competence, adherence and respect for the legal standards expressing the accumulated moral and political requirements of the society.</p>civil societylegal cultureregulatory social activity controllegal standardгражданское обществоправовая культуранормативное регулирование общественной деятельностинорма права[Berman G. Zapadnaya traditsiya prava: epokha formirovaniya. - M.: Izd-vo MGU, 1994.][Il'in I.A. Sobranie sochinenii: V 10 t. - T. 2. - M., 1993.][Sorokin V.V. Kontseptsiya evolyutsionnogo razvitiya pravovoi sistemy v perekhodnyi period: Avtoref. diss. ... dokt. yurid. nauk. - Ekaterinburg, 2003.]