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The article deals with the investigation of the impact of the judicial system development on the evolution of social consciousness through the prism of such its feature as transparency.

It is stated that as multifaceted phenomenon, in general transparency reflects certain level of the development of political institutions and public law. At the same time, its appearing fixes certain lack of institutional quality.

While analyzing existent scientific approaches to the determination of transparency of the judicial power the author concluded that it is an instrument, which provides society with information about functioning of the judicial system in general and its institutions in particular. Therefore, transparency of the judicial power as a certain instrument performs informational function. The author also formed its other functions, among which there are educational, preventive, stimulating, communicative, protective, public control.

To sum up, the author concluded that transparency of the judicial system is based on informational component, which is determinative one, since fundamental integral feature of information is represented by the possibility to impact on a human’s mentality as a bearer and an element of social structure of society. Therefore, transparency of the judicial system provides formation of ideas, knowledge, thoughts, ideas and theories about functioning of the judicial power in society, as well as promotes the rise of the level of citizens’ awareness about their rights and duties, ways and mechanisms of the protection of rights and interests, legitimacy of actions of individuals and upbringing of legal culture in society. Correspondingly, while developing in this direction the judicial system influences on the evolution of civil consciousness of society as a precondition for the formation of civil society.

Keywords: judicial system, advocacy, transparency, civil consciousness, information, judicial reform.