The Value of Law: The Experience of Neno Nenovski

Purpose. The key objective of legal education is to develop professional legal consciousness in law school graduates of universities and other higher education institutions. This purpose can be largely achieved by broadening the student›s worldview and developing critical thinking. To do this, it is necessary to teach him to think systematically and conceptually, to draw independent conclusions based on a comparative legal analysis of sources and legal scientific literature. To instill these skills in a future specialist is the task of fundamental jurisprudence, which includes the theory of state and law, philosophy of law, history of political and legal doctrines, sociology of law, history of state and law. Methodology: analysis and synthesis, hermeneutic, comparative approaches. Conclusions. It is argued that law is a social regulator that objectifies the values of a specific historical society. A parallel is drawn between the approach to law of the famous Bulgarian lawyer Neno Nenovski and the neo-Kantian methodology. Neno Nenovski›s contribution to the understanding of law as a socio-cultural value is shown. Law is a system of norms on the spiritual and practical (value-normative) development of the world. These norms include two components: ideal being (manifested in social relations — this is law at the sociological level) and legal relations (individual legal acts). Scientific and practical relevance. The article is aimed at developing legal thinking; the value of axiology and comparative legal analysis is shown. Based on primary sources, it is argued that the main purpose of law is to ensure order and social stability: law is always opposed to disorder and chaos in society.