Reception as a constitutional and legal phenomenon

Abstract

The article raises the question of understanding the concept of „reception” as one of the factors in the development of constitutional and legal thought. Various opinions of scientists about the understanding of the concept of „reception” and its influence on the formation of modern legal society were studied. In the course of researching the topic, the author considered the issue of the concept of reception, the components and signs of the researched process, the influence on the formation of the constitutional and legal idea and the consequences of its influence for Ukraine. Doctrinal interpretations of reception as a general legal and constitutional phenomenon are of a debatable nature, which makes it possible to talk about the polysemanticity and heterogeneity of the understanding of this legal category. That is why the study of the reception and determination of the doctrinal definition of this constitutional and legal phenomenon is an urgent problem that has a range of both general theoretical and praxeological research.