CIVIL SOCIETY AS A LEGAL PHENOMENON: THEORETICAL LEGAL ANALYSIS

The article considers civil society as a legal phenomenon, gives its theoretical legal analysis. The following conceptual ideas that make up the essence of this phenomenon are distinguished: the discrepancy between the state and society, the primacy of society in relation to the state, the ability to self-organization, socio-political contextuality, opposition to the state, non-universality, multilevel system, coordinated activity of various social groups, the presence of civil consciousness. It is noted that the civil legal consciousness is permeated with the ideals of individualism, democracy, freedom, formal equality, citizenship, and its foundation is based on the inviolability of private property, human rights and freedoms.