Legal awareness of citizens and legal information burnout issue
- Authors: Gertsog T.Y.1
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Affiliations:
- The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
- Issue: Vol 5, No 20 (2021)
- Pages: 616-626
- Section: General Theory and History of Law and the State
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2587-9340/article/view/304038
- ID: 304038
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Abstract
We analyze the concept of legal awareness of citizens, its structure, significance for a particular individual and for society as a whole, ways to increase the level of legal awareness of the population, as well as the consequences due to an increase in the level of legal awareness. We cover the issue of excess information in the legal sphere, its causes and consequences. We consider the essence of legal information burnout, its signs, potential danger and impact, identified preventive measures and methods to combat this phenomenon. We comprehend the impact of excessive legal information on professional deformation and professional burnout of lawyers, we have determined the functional significance of excessive legal information to citizens to maintain the proper level of their legal functional literacy. The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between the increased volume of legal awareness, information overload, legal information burnout and, as a consequence, the professional deformation of lawyers. We make an attempt to declare the existence of the phenomenon, which is conventionally called by the author legal information burnout. The study will be of interest to specialists in the field of jurisprudence, psychology, information technology, and may also be useful for other specialists and all those who are interested in the issues of this issue.
About the authors
Tamara Y. Gertsog
The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Author for correspondence.
Email: rill.07@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4123-7931
Scientific Center Expert
Russian Federation, 84 Vernadskogo Ave., Moscow 119571, Russian FederationReferences
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