Legal psychology: macropsychological vector of development

Abstract

This article focuses on the problems that the general part of legal psychology deals with; its purpose is to prove the need to develop one of the most significant areas of legal psychology – macropsychological vector and approach. The phenomenon of macropsychology is considered, and its connection with global trends in the development of civilization is shown. Methodological problems of the fundamental and applied application of the macropsychological approach in solving urgent problems of legal psychology are addressed.