PROFESSIONAL LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF JUDGES: CONCEPT, ESSENCE AND CONTENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26577/JAPJ.2023.v108.i4.04Abstract
The article is devoted to the study of an important problem related to the professional qualities of a judge, which are determined by the level of his legal education, personal and moral characteristics, collectively referred to as the professional legal consciousness of a judge. The theoretical and practical significance of the topic of professional judicial awareness of judges is determined by the fact that it is an important factor in making lawful and fair judicial decisions, the basis of an anti-corruption legal culture, which, in turn, affect the increase of public confidence in the judiciary and strengthen the foundations of a legal and democratic state.
In this regard, an important direction in the study of the phenomenon of professional legal consciousness is the scientific understanding of the question of what the professional legal consciousness of judges is, what is its relationship with the legal consciousness of lawyers as a professional group, how these issues are considered by the scientific community, what are the ways of formation of professional legal consciousness, what is its essence and content.
The article analyzes these issues taking into account the fact that there are not enough scientific developments in Kazakhstan on this issue, and the concept and content of the professional legal consciousness of judges is studied in fragments within the general category of professional legal consciousness of lawyers.
The authors of the article consider the professional legal consciousness of judges through the content of professional activity and the stages of its formation and development. Annotation. The article is devoted to the study of an important problem related to the professional qualities of a judge, which are determined by the level of his legal education, personal and moral characteristics, collectively referred to as the professional legal consciousness of a judge. The theoretical and practical significance of the topic of professional judicial awareness of judges is determined by the fact that it is an important factor in making lawful and fair judicial decisions, the basis of an anti-corruption legal culture, which, in turn, affect the increase of public confidence in the judiciary and strengthen the foundations of a legal and democratic state.
In this regard, an important direction in the study of the phenomenon of professional legal consciousness is the scientific understanding of the question of what is the professional legal consciousness of judges, what is its relationship with the legal consciousness of lawyers as a professional group, how these issues are considered by the scientific community, what are the ways of formation of professional legal consciousness, what is its essence and content.
The article analyzes these issues taking into account the fact that there are not enough scientific developments in Kazakhstan on this issue, and the concept and content of the professional legal consciousness of judges is studied in fragments within the general category of professional legal consciousness of lawyers.
The authors of the article consider the professional legal consciousness of judges through the content of professional activity and the stages of its formation and development.
Keywords: professional legal awareness of judges; legal psychology, legal ideology; judicial decision; legal training; legal education
