New technologies in law as a highly effective means of implementing the constitutional principle of equality in conditions of multi-level legal regulation

Abstract

The relevance of the research is due to the significant complication of public relations, their high dynamism, rapid growth of new technologies in the development of modern law and its focus on the implementation of the constitutional principle of equality. An attempt is made to substantiate that the social orientation of the Russian Federation and the use of high technologies in law allows to expand the range of subjects entitled to adopt the norms of primary regulation; as a result, legal regulation necessarily acquires a multi-level character, and high-tech law, due to new properties (feasibility, logistics, research intensity) acts as an effective means of implementing the principle of equality in specific legal relations. The purpose of the work is to substantiate the role of high technologies as an effective means of implementing the constitutional principle of equality in conditions of multi-level legal regulation. The materials for the research are the works of legal scholars, as well as specialists in the field of philosophy, theory of law, sociology, technology, legal practice, regulatory legal framework of the federal, regional, municipal and local levels, and the author’s practical experience in law enforcement and teaching. The research employs the following methodology. The findings are based on general scientific research methods: dialectical, systematic, logical, sociological, as well as private scientific and special. The Results may be formulated as follows: it is proved that new technologies in law significantly correct the basic theoretical principles of primary legal regulation, its paradigms and practical orientation, develop the idea of a multi-level and integrative nature of legal regulation. The author’s interpretation of the concepts of “equality”, “multilevel legal regulation” is suggested. The mechanisms of high technologies in the realization of legal equality are revealed. The positive results of the application of digital public administration, artificial intelligence, e-government, etc. in multi-level legal regulation are demonstrated.