Normative and legal provision of legal education of population: international legal aspects

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of international documents in the field of legal education. The place of international normative legal acts in the hierarchy of normative legal acts has been considered. Characterization of international educational legislation has been carried out. Developing an effective legislative framework is an indispensable condition for the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of legal education of the population. Normative legal acts, being forms of expression of law, determine the legal validity and validity of legal norms, the limits of their validity, binding and other properties. The effectiveness of the legal regulation of social relations largely depends on the unity and consistency of the legal system, the orderliness and certainty of the relations of sources of law. Today, due to the fact that Ukraine has ratified a number of international documents in the field of education and human rights protection, a legal framework for the development and functioning of national legal education, which is in line with international legal standards, has been created. In view of the above, the analysis and understanding of international documents is important for the legal regulation of the legal education of the population. There has been focused on the main provisions of normative legal acts on the protection of human rights. The concept of discrimination, civic education in the context of legal regulation of legal education has been described. It has been emphasized that contemporary international legislation reflects a significant transformation of ideological orientations and consciousness of each person that affects the content of legal education and defines the directions of the legal and regulatory framework for the formation and implementation of the state legal policy on the legal education of the population in Ukraine. Also there has been proved that the ratification of a number of international documents in the area of education and human rights protection contributed to the creation of a legal framework for the development and functioning of national legal education that is in line with international legal standards. The above shows that contemporary international legislation reflects a significant transformation of ideological orientations and consciousness of each person that affects the content of legal education and defines the directions of the legal and regulatory framework for the formation and implementation of the state legal policy regarding the legal education of the population in Ukraine.