Legal culture issues to be discussed by experts from three countries at a conference in Vitebsk

December 9, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Legal scholars from 3 countries will discuss the problems of legal culture as the basis for forming a legal state at an international scientific and practical conference, which will be held on December 10 at the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov (VSU). This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Dean of the Faculty of Law of VSU, Associate Professor Alexander Bochkov. Nearly 300 specialists from Belarus, Russia, and Estonia will take part in the conference, including university scholars and teachers, employees of the judicial system, the prosecutor's office, law enforcement officers, and practicing lawyers. It is planned that Prosecutor General of Belarus Grigory Vasilievich, Chairman of the Supreme Economic Court Viktor Kamenkov, and Judge of the Constitutional Court Tadeusz Voronovich will speak at the plenary session. The conference will address theoretical and practical aspects of forming legal culture in modern conditions, including the development of constitutional culture, the role of the judicial system in this process, ensuring access to justice, problems of professional culture of lawyers at the present stage, and other issues. The results of the joint project "Legal Culture of Border Regions of Belarus and Russia," implemented by scholars of the Faculty of Law of VSU and the Faculty of Psychology and Law of Smolensk Humanitarian University, will be presented. Within the framework of the research, mechanisms and ways to improve the legal culture of citizens, including their legal awareness, have been developed. Following the conference, it is planned to publish a collection of scientific works and develop practical recommendations and measures on issues of strengthening legality and law and order, forming legal awareness, and increasing the level of legal culture, which will be sent to interested government bodies. The organizer of the conference is the Vitebsk State University named after P. Masherov. -0-