ПРАВОВАЯ  ОПРЕДЕЛЕННОСТЬ  КАК  ГАРАНТ  ПРАВ   И  СВОБОД  ЛИЧНОСТИ  В  ПРАВОВОМ  ГОСУДАРСТВЕ

Alexandra Sergeevna  ANISIMOVA

doi:10.33184/pravgos-2026.2.25

Authors

Alexandra Sergeevna ANISIMOVA Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33184/pravgos-2026.2.25

Keywords:

legal certainty, human and civil rights and freedoms, personality, rule-of-law state, guarantee of human and civil rights and freedoms

Abstract

The relevance of the article is driven by the necessity to identify problems within the legal system amidst the intensive development of society and the state. These problems include the increasing complexity of legislation, its defects, and the instability of law enforcement practice, all of which hinder the realization of individual rights and freedoms. In order to address these issues, it is necessary to turn to the phenomenon of “legal certainty”. Purpose: to establish the importance of legal certainty as a guarantor of the realization of human and civil rights and freedoms. To achieve this purpose, the following methods of scientific cognition are employed: by means of the method of analysis, doctrinal approaches to understanding the category of “legal certainty” are examined, and it is established that scholars consider it as a principle of law, a characteristic and requirement for the content of a legal norm, a functional purpose, a clear expression of an individual’s legal status, and a characteristic of the legal system; by means of the method of synthesis, the author’s definition of this category is proposed; by means of the dialectical method, the twofold direction of legal certainty is established: as a criterion for the quality of state authorities’ work and as a measure of the effectiveness of human and civil rights protection; the interrelation of legal certainty with the principles of the rule of law is revealed: the supremacy of law, separation of powers, guarantees of human and civil rights and freedoms, and the mutual responsibility of the individual and the state; by means of the formal-legal method, the provisions of the Constitution of the Russian Federation and law enforcement practice are analyzed to demonstrate the negative consequences of legal uncertainty. Results: the article concludes that due to legal certainty, the law becomes understandable, the actions of state authorities become predictable, and individuals gain protection. The article establishes that legal certainty serves as the foundation of the legal system, upon which a rule-of-law state is built. Furthermore, ensuring the law through certainty is a task for state authorities, and the real recognition of human and civil rights and freedoms as the highest value depends on its implementation.

Author Biography

Alexandra Sergeevna ANISIMOVA , Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

Postgraduate Student at the Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

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