Socio-anthropological approach to the study of legal cultures: evolutionism and functionalism

The purpose of the study is to substantiate productivity socio-anthropological approach legal culture. In cultures, methodology science involves going beyond both special sciences and, in general, social sciences. This actualizes assessment law and justification its evolutionist functionalist directions for conceptualization phenomena. Their identifying characteristics culture based on a) recognition integral organism, whose elements are functionally connected common principles; b) principle organicism, which spread methods, tools, patterns scientific knowledge, characteristic biological sciences, identifies relationships between human thoughts behavioral acts, processes, various stages historical development cultures. result research a structural scheme developed by author, demonstrates culture, reflecting main forms manifestation reductionism from narrow methodological positions ways overcome it with help orientation. novelty work due cultures applied contributes overcoming limitations criteria critical laws their development, contexts that allow characterizing phenomena an interdisciplinary perspective, offer substantive alternatives explain them assess importance communication processes dynamics.