Temporality of law in light of axiology

¹ Department of Theoretical and Social Philosophy, Saratov State University, 410012 Saratov, Russia
² Scientific and Educational Center of Russian Language and Slavic Cultures, International Slavic Institute, 129085 Moscow, Russia
³ Department of Constitutional and Municipal Law, Saratov State University, 410012 Saratov, Russia
⁴ Department of Theoretical and Social Philosophy, Saratov State University, 410012 Saratov, Russia
⁵ Department of History of State and Law, Saratov State Law Academy, 410056 Saratov, Russia

^* Corresponding author: artamonovds@mail.ru

Abstract

The main point of that article is to consider the axiological aspect of legal temporality. The presupposition of authors is consideration of the legal framework as a specific type of social frameworks. The social temporality theory is applicable for characterizing the temporal modes of social reality. The category of time is discussed as a phenomenon determined by events in terms of the social temporality theory. The authors regard the category of legal time as a special kind of social time. Legal time becomes reality through rules of law, legal events and juridical facts. They function as reference points that shed light on the temporal processes in law. The category of legal time is essential for characterizing the specifics of legal relationships that remain fixed in the past, present and future. The kinds of time are of direct importance to law. These mentioned kinds exist in three temporal dimensions that are absolutes. The law links people and their destiny with the past, regulates the rules of conduct in the present and determines social changes in the future as well as what happens to a person possibly. Thus, the value of time and temporality determines the value of law. Consideration of legal time in the axiological dimension gives us possibility to overview the role of temporal factors in the formation and development of legal relationships.