THE ACTUAL STATE OF THE LEGAL CULTURE OF UKRAINIANS AS A REFLECTION OF THE DEFORMED LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS

The actual state of the population of Ukraine as a reflection of a deformed legal consciousness is studied. The article reveals that the state of a double transitive society, which is characteristic of Ukraine at the present stage, has a systematic negative impact on all spheres of social and legal existence. It is noted that the legal consciousness of the population of Ukraine should be analyzed differentially, and not monolithic, since different social groups have certain features. We can agree that for the most part, the legal consciousness of citizens of our country is represented by its deformed types, but the deformations themselves are characterized by variability. Officials are mostly characterized by legal nihilism and legal pragmatism (legal instrumentalism). Law enforcement officers are singled out separately, because for them, in addition to those mentioned above, a reborn legal consciousness is typical. For ordinary citizens, the most common forms of legal consciousness are recognized as legal nihilism, legal pessimism and legal infantilism. It is concluded that the deformed legal consciousness determines the following features of the legal culture in Ukraine: corruption, bureaucracy in the activities of officials at all levels; general disregard for the rules of conduct, formal, and not conscious compliance with them; widespread abuse of subjective rights and powers, the use of legal prescriptions to justify their own behavior; tolerance to illegal actions, finding an explanation for the actions of the offender; a tendency to lynching and «street democracy», which is due to general distrust of law enforcement agencies; the use of double standards in the field of law and «selective humanization»; lack of understanding of the essence of legal means necessary and sufficient to resolve the conflict, non-compliance with the boundaries of their application, disguising actions that actually contradict the spirit of law as legal activity.