HERMENEUTIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE FRENCH LEGAL TEXT
Statement of the problem. The article analyzes the problems of hermeneutic understanding of a legal text, as interpreted by the founders of the theory of interpretation as well as on the basis of the criterion, applied to the literary text. Results. In the legal hermeneutics the understanding of the modalities of legal rules the content of which is manifested, in particular, in their application to concrete facts of reality within the framework of a judicial decision. is of special scientific interest. Understanding in general should be considered as a special case of reflection, recognizing the reflection as generic concept, and the understanding of legal discourse - in the framework of legal hermeneutics. The article shows that understanding is not knowledge, although knowledge can be formed, not thinking and not interpretation, but decoding the encoded meaning. Unlike oral discourse, written text is weak, ambiguous, incomplete, and marks the deferred communication, making understanding even more difficult. Studies of the parameters of the understanding of legal texts based on the model of intertextuality within the framework of philological hermeneutics is of great importance. Conclusion. The criterion of legal discourse are more stringent than the criteria applied to artistic texts. At the same time, it is possible to note a certain parallelism of universals, ideas, inclusions, interactions, some of which are more relevant for literary texts, the others for legal. It depends on the genre of the discourse. Hermeneutic understanding of a legal text is to establish harmony between the written act, legal order and a fact of life and shows the syncretism and the fine line between understanding and interpretation.