Role and importance of formation of legal competence of civil engineering students

摘要

In modern society the understanding is growing that eradication of legal illiteracy of the population is not only a condition of the existence of a democratic civil society in the modern state, but also a mandatory requirement for the vocational training of a competent specialist, including construction industry. The acquisition of legal knowledge in professional sphere predominantly is carried out in the university through formation of legal competence. Thus, the role and importance of legal competence formation is determined with account of state educational policy. It is pointed out that legal competence is present in all subgroups of general competence. The article considers the problem of formation of future engineer’s legal competence as well as suggests some ways to solve it.