The role of psychological components of legal consciousness structure in its formation and in its behavior manifestations

We describe the conception of legal consciousness as a relatively new particular science category with interdisciplinary character. We consider its characteristics, firstly, as one of the main elements of the legal areas of social life, and secondly, as a category, based on psychological knowledge. We describe a three-component structure of the psychological component of legal consciousness, represented by cognitive, emotional and value and behavioral components. There are reflected the decisive role of legal consciousness and its three structure elements during the conversion of the legal regulations to the immediate individual’s behavior. There are presented the point that the legal consciousness is not only a link between the law requirements and the reflection character in a concrete behavior, but also it takes part in the creation of law.