Scientific and technological development in the mirror of legal memeology: on the problem of the value foundations of technoreality
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the impact of scientifi c and technological development on the transformation of legal reality through the lens of a new interdisciplinary fi eld: legal memology (pravomemetics). The author notes the crisis of classical jurisprudence in the context of the emergence of a techno-reality characterized by the erosion of legal personality, the competition between positive law and algorithmic regulation, and the loss of temporal relevance of legislation. As a heuristically productive approach,V. V. Lazarev's methodology is proposed, which considers state and legal phenomena as evolving meme complexes — stable images and symbols that govern public consciousness. From the perspective of legal memetics, the key categories of scientifi c and technological policy are analyzed: “progress”, “potential”, “breakthrough”, “leadership”, and “sovereignty”. It is shown that these concepts are not neutral terms, but “viruses of meaning” that shape the values of law and society. Special attention is paid to the need for the “ontological inviolability” of the individual, which excludes the reduction of a person to an algorithmic profile. In conclusion, the need for a systemic legal policy is substantiated, which is designed not only to regulate risks, but also to act as a “selector of meanings” and a “vaccine” against destructive technogenic memes, ensuring the value-based and civilizational identity of the new technological reality.
Author: S. V. Kabyshev
Institutions: State Duma, Kutafin Moscow State Law University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7160232249