Transformation of legal custom as a source of law (on the sample of the Republic of Belarus)
Unlike normative legal acts and contracts, legal customs remain the most controversial and uncertain source of law, both in terms of legal doctrine and normative consolidation. To a large extent, legal custom is attributed properties that are no longer characteristic of it. The purpose of this article is to trace the transformation of the properties of customary law on the example of the Republic of Belarus. As a result of the study, the author reveals the difference between the old and new properties of customary law, reveals their features in the Belarusian legal system and gives recommendations for improving its application.