Ֆանարջյան Լիլիթ 020
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CONCEPT AND ESSENCE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE
TRANSITIONAL REGION
Fanarjyan Lilit
Lawyer of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia,
Adviser to the Director of JSC "Erkagluys"
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Annotation: The difference between transitional and stable states of the legal system is necessary for understanding the dynamics of the development of law. In the unstable (transitional) period, the components of the legal system (law, legal consciousness, legal institutions) undergo changes, reacting to social, political and economic changes. This period is characterized by value changes, contradictions and legitimacy problems that arise during the formation of new legal norms. Important features of the transitional legal system are: structural transformation, when the components of the legal system undergo qualitative changes, adapting to new social requirements; legal crisis and contradictions, because in the transition period there are legal uncertainties, collisions of norms and problems of legal regulation; crisis of legitimacy, when perception and acceptance of new legal norms require time, which leads to tension in relations between the society and the state; slow adaptation of the legal system, since political and social changes occur faster than adaptation of the legal system; formation of new legal institutions, because in the transition period new legal phenomena and institutions are formed, which in a certain period can become part of stable legal regulation. Thus, the transition of the legal system is an inevitable process caused by changes in society and accompanied by both the reorganization of legal structures and the crisis of legal regulation.
Key words: Legal system, Transition period, Stability, Legal awareness, Social changes, Supremacy of law, Legitimacy, Legal reform, Law principles, Constitutional order.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63925/18294847-2025.op20-10