Axiological Aspect of Legal Consequential Thought of the Late 18th – Early 20th Centuries

Authors

Igor Kolosov People's Friendship University of Russia
Valeriy KONNOV Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia
Igor MUKIENKO Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v1i1.675

Keywords:

axiology, consequentialism, legal consequentialism, utilitarianism, legal utilitarianism, utility, value, classical utilitarianism

Abstract

This article is devoted to a comprehensive review of the axiological measurement of legal consequentialism, analysing the ideas of law theorists representing the utilitarian and close to utilitarian branches on the view of values essential for society and state development. The purpose of the article is to identify what value is key for legal consequentialism as a whole, as a theory based on the significance of the result of legal actions, as well as for legal utilitarianism, which necessitates maximising utility. The article focuses on content analysis of key trends in the main legal doctrines of legal consequentialism. In these trends, the authors single out the main concepts, bearing in mind their value for legal science.

The conclusion section of the study generalises the categories that appear valuable for legal consequentialism and formulates the common values of legal consequentialism. The authors justify the need for preserving the axiological aspect of rights and freedom of man and citizen, for ensuring the principles of equality and justice, the humanistic basis for legal activity and the unacceptability of rejecting the said values for a utility or other maximisation.

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Author Biographies

Igor Kolosov, People's Friendship University of Russia

PhD in Law, the Head of the Division of Legislation in the Spheres of Financial, Banking and Investment activities of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation. His interests include the theory of law, law and economics, history of legal thought, philosophy of law, state law, economics. Igor Kolosov is the author of more than 20 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Epistemological Foundation of Early Legal Utilitarianism”, “Was J. Bentham the First Legal Utilitarian?”, “Political and Legal Consequences of Evolutionary Utilitarianism”.

Valeriy KONNOV, Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

PhD in Law, the Head of the Department of Human Rights and International Law of Kikot Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. His interests include international economic law, international justice practice, international law theory. Valeriy Konnov is the author of 4 monographs and 46 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Official (Public) and Commercial Debt in the Practice of Foreign Borrowing of States: Correlation and Problems of Legal Status”, “Theoretical Aspects of the European Court of Human Rights Interpretation of the Right to Life in the Context of Law Enforcement”.

Igor MUKIENKO, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

PhD in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of State Legal and Criminal Law Disciplines of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. His research interests are limited to problems of the formation and development of civil society institutions. Igor Mukienko is the author of 2 monographs and 24 scientific articles. Recent publications: “Property and Personal Freedom – Indicators of the “Legal Health” of Civil Society”, “Properties of Civil Society as a Self-Organizing System”.

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2021-12-15

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Kolosov, I., KONNOV, V., & MUKIENKO, I. (2021). Axiological Aspect of Legal Consequential Thought of the Late 18th – Early 20th Centuries. WISDOM, 1(1), 111–124. https://doi.org/10.24234/wisdom.v1i1.675

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