Legal Mindset as a Factor in the Study of National Law and the State in the XXI Century

The paper presents an analysis of a number of the essential aspects of national law as a major factor of mentality of studying law and the state of any particular nation. From the standpoint of the theory of the legal mentality, ethno-cultural study of the deep and the specific historical features of the legal world of Russia, the typological identification of the domestic legal culture and legal system. The author traces the evolution of scientific ideas about the nature of mentality in general and in particular the legal mentality. In this regard, the article deals with a wide source base: the works of Western and Russian researchers in different years, the ideas of which can and should be involved in the modern state legal and political discourse. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s6p23