Kurdami teisinę visuomenę ir valstybę, visi piliečiai privalo turėti teisės žinių, išmanyti įstatymus, dorovės normas, jausti ir žinoti, kas yra gėris ir blogis, kaip reikia elgtis. Teisė yra glaudžiai susijusi su tautos istorija, gyvenimo būdu, nuosavybės formomis. Atsižvelgiant į šias nuostatas, bendrojo lavinimo programa bandoma sudaryti taip, kad jos pagalba būtų išugdyti pilnaverčiai visais atžvilgiais asmenys. Tuo tikslu buvo organizuota sistema papildomų (pasirenkamų) pamokų (modulių) prie pagrindinių dalykų, kad praplėstų mokinių akiratį, sustiprintų pilietiškumo jausmą ir geriau parengtų tolimesniam socializacijos procesui. Būtent tam tikslui ir yra skirtas toks dalykas kaip teisės pagrindai. / The science of law is full of assertions on the influence of law on social enviroment, and vice versa. Most often such asertions are based on the experience of judicial profession. Social psychology and sociology also deal with social influence. Social psychology treats social influence as an interpersonal possibility, or a specially created circumstances of influence, when an influence agent tries to influence several objects. Social psychology also investigates assertiveness, social learning, ways of behaviour reinforment. Sociology deals with social instruction. Ways of behaviour reinforment, assertiveness are categories known and investigated in law in their own way. Sociological theories of aggression explain, its learning in the socialization process, as social behaviour model’s cause. There are primary and secondary socialization. The primary socialization is a familly and the secondary- school, mass media, unformal groups. Social behaviour needsbalance between soviety’s standarts and position of personality.

Legal consciousness is one of the most important concepts in criminology, which defines individual or public perception of justice, expectations of legal behaviour and demand for sanctions for the deviation from the rules. The theorized criminological perception of legal consciousness, also modern introductions on this field are passed in review in theoretical part of this study. The positive, the subjective and the modern conceptions of legal consciousness are presented.