LEGAL TECHNIQUE AS A LEGAL CATEGORY AND ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE

Abstract

The article considers legal technique as a set of special knowledge, techniques, and methods used in the process of creating, systematizing, and improving legislation. Legal technique covers a wide range of tools that ensure the orderliness, logic, and consistency of the regulatory framework. Its analysis in a general theoretical dimension allows us to form a holistic view of the nature, essence, and functions of this phenomenon, determine its place in the structure of legal science and academic discipline, and clarify its role in the further evolution of Ukrainian legislation and its harmonization with international standards of lawmaking. The issue of the essence and content of legal technique is attracting growing interest among representatives of various branches of legal science, as it is directly related to the effectiveness of legal regulation. This is because legal technique, being a set of special knowledge, techniques, and means of forming normative legal acts, directly affects the quality of the law-making process and law enforcement. It acts as a kind of “toolkit” for lawmakers, allowing them to avoid conflicts, inconsistencies, and unnecessary casuistry in legal norms. In addition, the proper application of legal technique ensures the clarity and accessibility of normative provisions for those subject to the law, which is an important condition for the implementation of the principle of the rule of law. It is thanks to legal technique that legislation acquires systematicity, internal logic, and stability, which at the same time does not preclude its dynamic development. It contributes to the modernization of the legal system, makes it possible to adapt it to new social challenges caused by integration and globalization processes, and ensures the compliance of national legislation with international standards. Thus, legal technique appears not only as an auxiliary set of law-making techniques, but also as a key condition for the effectiveness of law, determining the quality of the functioning of the entire legal system and its ability to respond to contemporary challenges.