Implementation of Normativist and Natural Law Approaches to Law Understanding in different types of Law Activities
In state and law theory they are still seeking for an ideal approach to law understanding. The current and newly-formed approaches do not always correlate with legal reality. The article focuses on introducing of normativist and natural law approaches into lawmaking, interpreting and law enforcement activity. The peculiarities of their correlation and difficulties arising in the course of their implementation are under study. The authors conclude that at each level of law activity there can be contradictions between the approaches mentioned determined by both legal norms, highest court decisions, law enforcement decisions which do not conform to legal principles embodying natural law values and different understanding of the values stated.