The Lack Of Legal Awareness Of University Students And Training

Undergraduates are going to take an important part in the socialist construction in the future. Their legal consciousness will directly influence the effect of socialist construction under rule of law. In recent years the status of undergraduates' legal consciousness are becoming better and better. However lots of problems are still not solved. Therefore it is an important task for us to figure out an effective method positively to develop their legal consciousness. This goal may be achieved only when we clarify the actuality and analysis the causation for the lack of legal consciousness of undergraduates.This article begins with the general theory about legal consciousness of undergraduates. Basing on the clarification of connotation, structure and functions of legal consciousness, the author tries above all to open the character of legal consciousness of undergraduates, including multi-structure, incompatible, unbalanced, and developable. The lack of legal consciousness of undergraduates may appears as deviation of legal cognize, unconcern for legal emotion and devoid of legal belief. Related causations are afterwards roundly explained from perspectives of society, schools and undergraduates themselves. In conclusion it is discussed particularly, how to develop legal consciousness of undergraduates. Following points must be emphasized: understanding sufficiently the significance of developing legal consciousness of undergraduates; developing undergraduates' consciousness as subjective under the rule of law, consciousness of legal authority and unification of rights and obligations; figuring out an effective method positively to develop legal consciousness of undergraduates, including improving legal education in colleges and universities, administering colleges and universities under the rule of law, and consummating the legal system.