EDUCATIONAL FUNCTION OF CIVIL LAW
The article outlines the category of educational function of law. It is noted that civil law can influence the values, thoughts and feelings of people, the formation of legal concepts and behaviors, and have an educational effect on consciousness. Civil law is permissible branch of law, one of the bases for the functioning of the economy; it should create conditions for the activity, enterprise and initiative of Russian citizens. In order for regulatory and protective mechanisms of civil law to achieve legal and social results, legal prescriptions should become known to citizens, accepted by them and fulfilled voluntarily. For the implementation of educational influence, the priority issues are: if legal provisions are known to citizens, which requirements civil law have on people, what opportunities it provides, since it is impossible to implement what is unknown. The article points out several factors that contribute to the proper perception of civil legal regulations and their voluntary execution by citizens. Among them: the perception of civil law by individuals as a means to meet their needs; compliance of the legal rules with the internal beliefs of citizens and their legal expectations; high level of citizens legal awareness; feedback from citizens on the evaluation of law and certain legal rules, the identification of defects, infringing on the citizens rights and others.