The article clarifies the influence of the religious factor on the formation of the legal ideology of Ukrainian society in modern realities, which often has an ambiguous and contradictory character in the formation of the newest mechanism for the realization of human and citizen rights and freedoms.
The article defines the peculiarities of the activities of public organizations in the context of the formation of legal ideology in transitive societies. It is noted that as a social phenomenon, legal ideology needs to be considered in at least two aspects: ontological and epistemological. In the ontological aspect, ideology appears as one of the basic socio-legal institutions, and in the epistemological aspect, the study of ideology involves the study of ideological and legal components of Ukrainian society.
The article is devoted to the problems of the functional purpose of legal ideology. This article provides a comprehensive analysis of the main functions of this important social phenomenon. The role of legal ideology in shaping civil society and legal system. It has been found that the functions of legal ideology carry legal effect on social life by legal, moral, and psychological factors. The role of legal ideology in the legislative, economic, social and cultural processes. Revealed its necessity in the process of building an independent, democratic, social state ruled by law.