Civilistics as an International Phenomenon

Abstract

The definition of the value of law, including private law, is currently quite a relevant and significant issue both from philosophical (theoretical) and practical points of view, since recognition of the law’s value will help to improve legal control over social relations and, therefore, will encourage social and national development in a progressive vein. The purpose of the research in the framework of this article is to define the functional role of civilistics regarding its functional purpose in the context of control exerted over various areas of social life on a world-wide scale. A systemic functional approach is used as the definitive research method that allows studying functions of private law in the context of the axiological approach. Aside from the abovementioned approach, other scientific methods of inquiry were used in the course of the research, including a legal hermeneutics approach. Over the course of the research, the authors have come to the conclusion that civilistics as a category is a multidimensional one, which while proving that civilistics constitutes the greatest accomplishment not of a certain nation, but of all of humanity, since it serves as an all-purpose controller of social relations, in the life of society and the state.