On the Question of the Social Functions of a Legal Prohibition

The purpose of the research. The author's vision of the functions of legal prohibitions as a means of social management is proposed in the article. The topic is especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, since compliance with effective and understandable legal prohibitions contributes to the harmonization of public relations, the order of interaction between the state and society, between citizens. The functions of legal prohibitions in social management are rarely the objects of research, but the knowledge of the possibilities of legal prohibitions, the competent use of the arsenal of legal prohibitions are a guarantee of the security of society and its members, ensure law and order, form the legal culture and legal consciousness of citizens. Ensuring strict compliance with socially determined legal prohibitions is the most important stage in the formation of civil society. It should be particularly noted the importance of studying this topic in the modern period, when the role of legal prohibitions cannot be overestimated. This fact is confirmed, among other things, by numerous changes in the current legislation, a significant number of which legalize prohibitions as the most important tool of social management and legal regulation. Results. The author comes to a reasonable conclusion about the need for a balance of prohibitions and permits in society, the redundancy of prohibitions entails a restriction of the development of society and the individual.

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