Problems regarding the increase of legal consciousness in Russia

TLDR: In this paper, the authors examined the concept and the essence of legal nihilism as a social phenomenon and discussed ways to overcome legal nihilisms in the Russian legal system and the forms in which it is manifested.

Abstract: This article examines the concept and the essence of nihilism as a so-cial phenomenon . It considers the causes and factors contributing to its spread in our country and the forms in which it is manifested . The article discusses ways to overcome legal nihilism .Keywords: nihilism, legal nihilism, sense of justice, spirituality, morality, bases of society, anti-legal guidelines, corruption manifestations . T he idea of the rule of law is not feasible without overcoming legal incivility and the low levels of a sense of justice . There-fore, the problems of expanding a sense of justice and over-coming the legal nihilism that has existed in our country for many decades are extremely relevant .Is legal nihilism a purely Russian phenomenon? Of course it is not . It exists in other states as well . However, the extent to which it has spread and the forms in which it is manifested vary in different countries . In our country, this phenomenon has a broad scope and its existence is supported by a wide variety of evidence . In the modern period, in which the course for establishing a legal and democratic state has been constitutionally defined, rights are becoming more popular in society, while the problems associated with legal nihilism and the means to overcome it are becoming much more noticeable and painful than was the case when rights were disregarded .Despite the considerable number of scientific works dedicated to the development of the nature of the problem of legal nihilism, research addressing the essence of the phenomenon and the forms in which it is manifested remain very relevant .The relevance of research also is supported by the extreme persistence of the phenomenon in the public consciousness . Legal nihilism routinely causes existing legislation to be universally ignored, violated and not executed, inflicting serious harm on constitutional