Alexey V. Egorov

The importance of legal ideology is increasing not only at the national level, but also at the regional level. The problems of both scientific research and the realities of international practice regarding the categories of «national legal awareness» and «legal thinking» are changing. Increasing attention is being paid to the formation of a regional and universal ideology of interaction between countries and peoples. In this regard, the problems of forming new types of legal ideology that are not bound by state borders require their own understanding. 

The purpose of this study is to determine the structural links of an ideological nature, namely, the legal ideology of the regional level and universal character. The objectives of the work are not only the structuring of ideological components in the system of legal reality, but also the definition of tools for the development of legal ideology on the legal map of the world. 

The main method of conducting this research work is a comparative analysis of the objects of the legal sphere, which found its way out in the proposal to form a universal theory of law, which is a doctrinal component of the legal ideology of a macro-level nature. 

As the results of the conducted research, proposals for the formation of regional and universal types of legal ideology are presented. The main forms of modern regional ideology and the theoretical and methodological basis for the formation of a universal legal ideology are determined. Approaches are proposed for the use of ideological components that make up the essence of modern legal families of Romano-Germanic, Anglo-Saxon and religious-communal types. In terms of practical recommendations, it is proposed to adopt a universal international document, the object of which will be the ideological criteria for the legal rapprochement of countries and peoples. As an example, the practice of adopting national concepts of legal policy is given, one of which appeared in the post- Soviet legal space in 2023.