Modality in Law: Cultural Contexts Differences

Introduction. The article deals with the issue of cultural differences affecting positive law specifc character from the point of view of law and order awareness, as well as from the point of view of law enforcement. A classical sample is difference between Anglo-Saxon case law and written (prohibitive) law. The author scrutinizes modality types correlation, specially pointing out deontic and axiological modalities. Going back genetically to common semantic feld of sociocultural norm as a limit, rule of law can be viewed as a derivative from a broader context (“hidden modality”). This particular context presets possible interpretations limits, not always obvious for an outsider.

Materials and methods. Methodological foundation for research is the comparison analysis method based on various interpretation types comparison and ascertainment of commensurability lacunas, important from the point of view of accuracy of a translation of language expressions with due consideration to their modality. Fixation on referential basis of these expressions, i.e. their principal focusing on reflection of real processes, as well as systems and consistence (“logicality”) principles peculiar to conception of positive law rational status, have a special importance in this case.

Research results. The article shows that various modality types in law are connected on the one hand with linguo-cultural peculiarities, to which a specifc system of law is “tied”. On the other hand the law itself when forming its own conceptual construct enters the feld of forming a more strict and unifed (artifcial) language having reverse influence on “natural” views on rules of law. Such a language includes various modality types and exists in a complex interaction with perception of reality process and codifcation of corresponding social behavior rules, forming social space by means of such social regulator as positive law.

Discussion and conclusion. The article describes basic logical conditions for making new rules of law and processing existing rules in the course of international treaties preparation. Possibilities and limitations of communicative practice influence on making rules of law have been analyzed, unobvious problems for an interpreter dealing with comparison of various sociocultural modality types specifc for national legal systems have been shown.

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