THE PLACE OF REVOLUTIONARY LEGAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE SYSTEM OF SOURCES OF LAW OF THE SOVIET STATE (1917–1928)

The article is devoted to revealing the role of revolutionary legal consciousness in the regulation of Soviet social relations in 1917-1928. The author shows the evolution of revolutionary legal consciousness from a temporary, designed for a period of transition to socialism, to a permanent source of law. The article determines the place of revolutionary legal consciousness in the system of sources of Soviet law and concludes that from 1917 to 1920 revolutionary legal consciousness was the main means of ensuring the unity of lawmaking and law enforcement. Transformed in the early 20s into socialist legal consciousness, it retained the role of a source of Soviet law and a guiding basis in the legal activities of Soviet legislators and law enforcers, primarily judges, throughout the entire period of the existence of the Soviet state.