A SYSTEMATISATION AND INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGINS OF THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPT OF “LAW”
Purpose of the work: considering the historical and ontological basics of the important systemic concept of law, its role and place in public administration. Methods used: integrative analytical and expert methods of systematisation and general theory of classification of objects, processes and phenomena of reality (the world, reality, being), as well as methods of integrative analysis of the root system and the figurative and semantic content of the words of the Old Russian language and written monuments of world culture. Results obtained. An analysis of use of the Old Russian generic root PRVЪ or PRAVЪ from which the Russian word “pravo” [“law”] under consideration stems, and its symbolic images and meanings in the Russian language is carried out. To this end, a systematisation of the reflections of this generic root into classes of identical words of the living Great Russian language is given, as well as the main reflections of the Old Russian word PRAVЪ and its meanings along universal and subject oriented lines. A conclusion is drawn that the images and meanings of the considered Old Russian symbolic root, as well as a large number of words of the living Great Russian language formed using it, are extremely important for the transfer of knowledge (information) both in describing reality and establishing the legal foundations for change and control of this reality.