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Authors

Khalturin Anatoly Nikolaevich
Institute of Social, Humanitarian and Political Sciences, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (Arkhangelsk, Russia)
e-mail: aonhalturin@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper considers law as one of the regulators of social relations. The author provides a general description of the legal mechanism regulating social relations with its fundamental concepts and categories: subject, methods, techniques, and models of legal regulation. The socio-philosophical aspect involves considering law in its social interpretation. The public nature of law is manifested in its social functions, integrative being the main one. Heuristic value can be seen in the modern concept of rights as a harmony of interests. The article presents the dynamics of research into the social functions of law from the synchronic and diachronic perspective. The study of the social component in law from the viewpoint of the history of law is complemented by modern fundamental theories of socio-philosophical discourse. The social character of law is most clearly reflected in the proposals to establish a special body of law for the northern territories and northern peoples. The northern environment requires a special system of rules and regulations called Northern law. A striking illustration of the social nature of law is the project which was aimed to establish local law covering the principles of northern economy and based on the requirements for renewability of the natural resources used. The modern concept of indigenous law expresses the need dictated by our time to develop ethnically oriented law in its social interpretation. In conclusion, the author suggests considering norms and traditions of customary law, which had developed within traditional culture, as a social control mechanism.

Keywords

legal regulation, social function of law, social nature of law, Northern law, customary law, indigenous law

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