Language as a means of legal communication
The article deals with the essence of communication, its role in society, the interrelation between law and language. It also analyses the evolution of conceptions of the role of language in communication and explores the concepts of "legal text" and "intertextuality". The author of the article points out that law has a social nature, that is why it can be considered to be a form of communication that has specific values. This specificity is inherent in the form and content of legal texts. Any legal text can be viewed as a sign system: it refers to a different reality that this text represents. It should be noted that even at the international level legal interaction is determined by the economic development and competitive capabilities of a state, which imposes new requirements on legal texts: they should be sufficiently "flexible", i.e. capable of transformation in order to meet rapidly changing social needs. The author of the article has come to the following conclusion: legal communication should be viewed as a complex and multifaceted process and at the same time it is a holistic social phenomenon that is subject to lively scientific debate.