People in the Social Jurisprudence Ecosystem. The Humanitarian Role of Law

One of the priorities for the development of the Russian state today is to create the conditions for sustainable population growth. The concentration of efforts and resources on social issues, alongside the understanding that sustainable development aimed at growing the population is of indisputable value, suggests that the key element of social jurisprudence is the individual. This makes the formation of a new legal doctrine of the social state particularly relevant. The doctrine should reflect a new understanding of the limits of the government’s paternalism over the individual and should create a new legal order of mutual trust and responsibility between the individual and the state. A prerequisite for the development of a modern social state is the existence of socially oriented legislation and socially oriented law enforcement. It is important to develop the legal regulation of state socio-economic policy and to update the legal provision of social functions of the state, including through private legal instruments. The convergence between private law and public law is of particular relevance for the social needs of the individual. What should be the legal framework for balancing private and public interests in a modern social state? Are changes needed in Russia’s current social policy, social legislation, and mechanisms for the protection of human rights? How can private and public law converge and interact to ensure and protect human social rights and needs? What is needed to make legislation and law enforcement socially responsive and protect the “weak” side? Does law currently remain an art of good and justice? How does the law affect the life of modern society? What legal legacy will the current generation leave to the next generation?