Phenomenon of Popular Legal Culture within the Legal Education System

Introduction . The study of popular culture as a source of law and a means of disseminating legal knowledge is considered a controversial issue due to the interpretive diversity and insufficient knowledge of the phenomenon under consideration. In this connection, the purpose of the study is a phenomenological analysis of popular legal culture as a fundamental tool of legal education. Materials and Methods . The methodological basis of research is a phenomenological method, terminological analysis and data systematization, carried out through interdisciplinary approaches (sociological, cultural, psychological), as well as a number of specialized methods (formal-legal, comparative-legal) for a comprehensive study of the popular legal culture phenomenon. Results . As a dependent component in the general social system, law cannot exist in isolation from culture, in particular popular culture, which is largely shaped and disseminated through media. Attracting media to the structures of popularization of law implies blurring the boundaries of objectivity and legitimacy of information entering the masses, which requires a deep study of educational structures in the field of popular law with the development of media education and media literacy. Discussion and Сonclusion . The phenomenological study of the concept of popular legal culture makes it possible to substantiate a new comprehensive definition of this concept with the definition of further ways of developing scientific thought in the field of law, sociology, cultural studies and media sciences.