Legal culture in the virtual space

Abstract

The article aims to examine the peculiarities of the formation of legal culture in the virtual space from the standpoint of creating a safe and productive environment for internet communication. The relevance of the research is determined by the special attention given to the behavior of participants in onine interactions, the impact of cross-cultural aspects, technological innovations and the social consequences of technology on their activities. In the course of the study, the dialectical method of cognition was used. Cultural and legal characteristics are considered from the point of view of legal traditions, social innovations, freedom from legal restrictions, and the development of technologies that dictate certain behaviors. As a result, specific characteristics of legal culture manifested in the virtual space have been identified, reflecting its stable and dynamic features. It is emphasized that in the virtual space, there is so called struggle for legal culture, as various samples are adapted to the new socio-technological environment. The conclusion is drawn that legal culture and its individual manifestations become suplementary, sometimes substituting means of regulating internet relations in the absence of clear regulatory legal prescriptions. In this regard, the importance of legal culture increases, contributing to the search for approaches to legal regulation in the conditions of technology socialization.

Keywords

• legal culture
• internet
• new technologies
• virtual space
• legal traditions
• legal status of the subject
• socialization of technology