The potential of public organizations in forming the legal ideology of Ukrainian society

The article reveals the potential of public organizations in shaping the legal ideology of Ukrainian society. Revealing the role of the activities of public organizations in the formation of the legal ideology of Ukrainian society, the following functions of them in this process are determined: civil and professional socialization; communication function; regulatory, organizational, oppositional, protective, educational and personnel functions. The article found out that among the most popular ways of forming the legal ideology of Ukrainian society, which are used by public organizations and are extremely significant in military conditions, the following should be singled out: volunteer and charitable activities, educational and scientific work, establishing international relations, providing support socially vulnerable citizens, internally displaced persons, victims of military operations, and military personnel and their families. The article emphasizes that the potential of public organizations in the formation of legal ideology lies primarily in achieving general social consensus, social compromise, on the basis of an established, integral vision of the role of law in the state and civil society, as well as in determining the main goals, methods and mechanisms of legal regulation. One of the obligations of the state in relation to public organizations is the regulatory and legal support of their activities and interaction with public authorities, in particular, the adoption of special laws that determine their legal status.