Conceptual Foundations For Developing Legal Consciousness And Legal Culture In Uzbekistan

Abstract

The article examines the conceptual foundations for developing legal consciousness and legal culture in Uzbekistan within the logic of the human-centred reforms of New Uzbekistan. The research problem is that legal awareness cannot be reduced to the formal transmission of statutes; it must become a stable social habit through which citizens understand rights, respect obligations, participate in public life and evaluate state activity by the standard of legality. The study uses the works and speeches of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Constitution, presidential decrees and national laws as its documentary basis. Methodologically, the article applies normative-legal, axiological, institutional and modelling approaches. The results show that the national concept rests on six interconnected pillars: constitutional dignity, the rule of law, service-oriented public administration, continuous legal education, open access to legal information, and anti-corruption integrity. The discussion argues that these elements become effective only when they are connected by practice-oriented legal education, accessible digital communication, public participation in law-making and accountable implementation. The proposed socio-legal model interprets legal culture as a dynamic unity of knowledge, value, behaviour and institutional trust. The article concludes that Uzbekistan’s legal culture policy should move from episodic legal propaganda to measurable civic competence and everyday legality.