RAISING LEGAL AWARENESS AND LEGAL CULTURE - AN IMPORTANT CONDITION FOR ENSURING THE RULE OF LAW

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The article discusses the measures being taken in the Republic of Uzbekistan to improve the legal awareness and legal culture of the population, to increase the level of legal literacy of citizens in society, and the significance of the Decree of our President “On radically improving the system for improving legal awareness and legal culture in society” in this regard. Keywords: Law, justice, legal education, legal upbringing, legal awareness, legal culture, legal literacy, rule of law, legal propaganda. We must form such a legal culture in our society that compliance with the Constitution and laws, respect for the rights and freedoms, honor and dignity of others is not an obligation, but must become a daily rule and habit. Shavkat MIRZIYOEV. In the Republic of Uzbekistan, comprehensive reforms are being consistently implemented to ensure the rule of law and strengthen legality, and to raise them to modern levels. In this regard, a number of legislative acts have been adopted, and a system of consistently communicating to the population the content and essence of the socio-economic reforms being carried out in our country, the adopted legislative acts and state programs, strengthening in the minds of citizens the vital idea that "The establishment of a spirit of respect for laws in society is a guarantee of building a democratic legal state!", Raising the legal awareness and legal culture of young Выпуск журнала №-23 Часть–2_ Март –2025 44 MODERN EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT people, and forming legal immunity to factors that negatively affect their legal education are being carried out. Therefore, in a number of reports and speeches of our President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, in particular, in his report entitled "Our people expect us to practically ensure the rule of law and justice" at a meeting with prosecutor's office employees and veterans on January 7, 2017, in his report entitled "To ensure human interests, first of all, it is necessary to reliably protect their rights and freedoms" at a meeting on February 9, 2017, dedicated to the activities of internal affairs bodies, problems and shortcomings in the system, and future tasks, and in his speech entitled "Ensuring the rule of law and justice is the most important condition for achieving all our noble goals" at a meeting with judicial officials on June 13, 2017, and in a number of other reports, the most important and relevant ideas on improving the rule of law and strengthening legality were emphasized. President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, while addressing the issue of ensuring the rule of law, says: "In ensuring the rule of law, it is important to improve legal culture, educate citizens in a spirit of respect for the law, timely convey the content and essence of laws to our people and executors, and properly organize their implementation." 1 In recent years, significant work has been carried out to ensure the rule of law, radically reform the national legal system, form a legal culture in society, and train qualified legal personnel. At the same time, a number of unresolved problems and shortcomings remain that hinder the formation of a respectful attitude towards human rights and freedoms, the improvement of the legal awareness and legal culture of the population, and the increase in the level of legal literacy of citizens in society. For example, in improving legal culture, first of all, work on legal education and upbringing is not being carried 1 Sh.M. Mirziyoyev. Our people expect us to ensure the rule of law and justice in practice (Report at a meeting with employees and veterans of the Prosecutor's Office. January 7, 2017.). // We will continue our path of national development with determination and take it to a new level. Volume 1. – Tashkent: “Uzbekistan” National Institute of Higher Education, 2017. - p. 209. Выпуск журнала №-23 Часть–2_ Март –2025 45 MODERN EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT out systematically and organically; for many years, this issue has been considered as the work of law enforcement agencies and certain state bodies, with insufficient participation of the family, neighborhood and other institutions of civil society; there is no comprehensive approach to the formation of legal immunity to factors that negatively affect the legal education of young people, to instill in each person a sense of respect for laws and morals, loyalty to national values, and intolerance towards law violations; tasks for improving the legal knowledge of the population are generally defined and there is no clear effective mechanism for their implementation; and work on improving legal culture in society is being carried out ineffectively. The Decree of our President No. PF-5618 of January 9, 2019 “On radical improvement of the system for raising legal awareness and legal culture in society”1 aims at precisely this goal. According to the Decree, the following were identified as the main tasks for raising legal awareness and legal culture in society. In particular: - to