abstract: The purpose of the study is to identify the role and importance of legal responsibility as a means of prevention from the standpoint of its understanding as an integral legal phenomenon, including the positive and negative aspects of implementation . The subject of the study is the evolution of the concept and meaning of legal responsibility, legal norms that enshrine legal responsibility . The article analyzes the evolution of understanding of the phenomenon of social responsibility in general 
journal: Law Journal of the Higher School of Economics