GAPS IN THE LAW AND WAYS TO FILL THEM

  • P.V. Lushnikov
    • Udmurt State University
Keywords: gaps in law, types of gaps in law, corruption, classification of gaps in law, ways to eliminate gaps, legal hermeneutics, methodology of legal hermeneutics, interpretation of law, hermeneutical principles, legal communication, participants of legal communication, lawmaking, analogy of law, analysis of law, legal precedent, legal modeling

Abstract

The article deals with the issues of gaps in law, it is stated that at present the problem of gaps is caused by the development of public relations. The negative consequences of gaps and their causes are determined. Several classifications of gaps that are made in science are considered. It is concluded that the deliberate creation of gaps by the subjects of law-making can be a corruption-induced factor. The classification of gaps depending on the truth (real and imaginary) is analyzed in detail. It is concluded that under the imaginary spaces can occur, both the addressees and the addressees of legal messages. In the first case, the addressees due to lack of necessary knowledge may have a false idea about the lack of legal regulation. When considering the second option, there is agreement with the scientific position that the addressees may, for subjective reasons, try to resolve gaps in the law, which do not really exist, thereby giving rise to excessive legitimization or real gaps. The article considers the options of filling the gaps in the law proposed in science. Further, it is proposed to apply to this problem the provisions of hermeneutics. The possibility of applying hermeneutic methodology to eliminate gaps is substantiated. It is concluded that preliminary modeling of communicative processes in the course of law-making can be used as a measure to counteract the gap in laws. The author suggests the need to limit the "arbitrariness of the reader" in the process of applying the analogy of law and law, as well as in the process of forming a legal precedent.

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Received 2020-02-22
Published 2020-06-26
Section
Jurisprudence
Pages
396-405