The Significance of The Titles of Laws in Enhancing Legal Consciousness and Legal Culture
Abstract
The formation of legal consciousness and legal culture in any society depends on a number of factors. In this regard, it is particularly important that the title of a law correspond to its substance, that it be derived from the content of the law, and that it be formulated in simple and comprehensible language accessible to the public. Legal scholar V. M. Saviskiy emphasizes: “The full perfection of laws begins, first and foremost, with the very first letter of their title. The title of a law—its ‘face’—must fully satisfy this requirement, because it serves as a signpost guiding citizens.”
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5 Saviskiy, V. M. Yazyk protsessualnogo zakona [The Language of Procedural Law], p. 120. Indeed, in contemporary Russian the term ugolovny means “relating to crime” or “criminal.” See: Ozhegov, S. I. Slovar russkogo yazyka [Dictionary of the Russian Language]. Moscow: Sovetskaya entsiklopediya, 1968, p. 811.
