Conceptualization of Legal Identity Principle as a Mechanism of Social Order Regulation

Introduction. In the context of global trends for universalism and cosmopolitanism that promote the idea of global identity, the modern states come to the need to reconsider their self-determination models and find themselves in a state of identity crisis, which leads to social destabilization and threatens social security. Therefore, formation of a sustainable framework of legal values non-contradicting transnational cooperation, but, at the same time, strengthening internal state order is the relevant issue to study. The aim of the study is to analyse the contemporary scientific approaches to determining and strengthening legal identity as a mechanism of social order regulation in the context of globalization.
Materials and Methods. The methodological toolkit included the methods of comparative analysis (historical-comparative, comparative-typological, and comparative-axiological), which reflect the territorial, historical-cultural, and valuebased features of the identity classification variants. By means of critical analysis, categorization, and systematization of socio-political forms of legal identity, the replicable characteristics of legal regulation models, social practices, and political objectives that underpin efficient achievement of the social order have been revealed.
Results. It has been established that conceptualization of “legal identity” notion can be traced from emergence of the theory of social identity as a system for forming collective self-consciousness to shaping a concept of civiс self-identification that sets high value benchmarks due to development of the unified legal culture and legal consciousness. Component analysis of “legal identity” concept made it possible to determine the following mechanisms of its strengthening aimed at counteracting such a large-scale challenge of our time as global identity: ensuring socio-political compatibility of the individual self-consciousness with the collective norms; executing the regulatory policy based on the identity principle; institutionalization of narratives; coordination of the activities of public, private, and sector-specific organisations; as well as other principles that jointly stabilize the system of legal regulation, social hierarchy, and public security.
Discussion and Conclusion. Using the proposed recommendations for the development of legal identity makes it possible not only to strengthen the social order in the country, but also to form an image of cultural and historical authenticity of a nation that presents it as an equal participant of the global processes on the international arena

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