The development of social relations — progressive or otherwise — brings with it the need for proper and timely legal regulation. The goal of the latter, surely, must be to ensure that the acts of subjects of the law are not unduly hindered as they seek to embrace their values, defend their legal interests, etc. This legal regulation should be accomplished with the aid of a systematic selection of specific tools and devices. It is precisely the way in which these are (or not) effectively applied upon which much depends, having in mind in particular the stable and qualitative development of civil intercourse. Accordingly, each of the stages in influencing social relations is important since — at each stage — a balance needs to be struck between that which is real, that which is to be seen in the life of the law’s subjects and, on the other hand that which is enshrined in legal norms. Influencing social relations is exercised not only by legal means per se but, also, by other legal phenomena such as legal consciousness, legal culture, legal principles, etc. To our minds, it is a generally accepted premise that the vast majority of people choose not to engage in conduct which is unlawful not so much because of legal means, methods, and the devices at the disposal of law enforcement agencies but, rather, because of legal culture which presupposes respect for the law. Form is given to legal culture — however difficult it may be to measure this phenomenon — by governmental acts which are directed towards one or another goal; but it also comes from social structures, mass media, from the acts of groups of workers, etc. There is little with which to argue in the proposition that the realization of legal norms in practice in accordance with the letter — and as well as with the spirit — of the law is a precondition for a positive approach to the law, to the growth of legal consciousness and legal culture. Keeping in mind that the subjects of law often (or is it always?) have differing and even ontradictory interests, a basic role of law in the formation of legal culture is played by the judicial system. Of vital importance in guaranteeing the legal order (pravovoi poriadok) of a country is the degree to which its judicial system is fair and efficient. The proper administration of justice in resolving a legal conflict among two or more parties — rendering judicial acts of quality, i.e., those which are grounded in law and in which the motivation is clear and logical, judicial acts directed at the restoration of rights and interests which have been violated or which are in dispute — supports the true exercise of rights and the fulfillment of duties of those parties joined in (or affected by) legal relations (acts or inaction, lawful or unlawful). Thus, both the quality of the judicial system at any one moment — and its gradual development into the future — represents an important milestone in the development of state and society.