LEGAL TRADITION AS A PHENOMENON OF LEGAL SYSTEM
The article is devoted to the analyses of legal tradition as a legal phenomenon. Author's view of legal tradition in links with historic character of law is proposed. Proved, that legal tradition can not be understood as a certain essence, it should be defined only via its sources and sphere of action. Correlation of legal tradition with legal system and legal culture is denoted. It is emphasized that legal tradition cannot be reduced to past of law.