FUNCTIONS OF MODERN LAW
The questions related to the functions of modern law. The author notes that in the XXI century the role of law in the resolution of social relations is greatly increased. In this regard, relevant is the study of a number of important aspects of the law in modern conditions. First, the function of the law are the main directions of its impact on the consciousness and behavior of people, various spheres of public life. Second, the function can be expressed in an active and socially transformative role of law in the legal system of society. Third, the function of the right to express its essence, social purpose and role in the regulation of social relations. Right now serves not only as a system of standards established and protected by the state, but also as a means of formation of national ideology (of a certain system of ideas, concepts and doctrines), shape the development of the legal and moral consciousness, civic position.