Values of Contract Law Discourse and Their Types

The article discusses the relevant issues in respect of the analysis of the contract law discourse values. The theoretical relevance of the research is due to the demand for the results of the integrative understanding of the problems within the scope of the axiological linguistics and the axiology of law studying the values of discourse, on the one hand, and of the legal values themselves, on the other hand. The author proposes the solution to these problems by analyzing of the value content of such basic linguistic cultural concepts of contract law discourse as «property», «work», «services» and «money». These concepts are representative of the benefits that constitute the object of a contract and they are related to the fourth level of the law values hierarchy. The Belarusian companies and organizations’ contracts for the provision of services were selected and considered to identify the value specifics of the concept «services». The comprehensive conceptual and discourse analysis of the documents has made it possible to identify the values they are based on. In accordance with the current legal and regulatory acts in the Republic of Belarus the legal, ethical and pragmatic types of the values reflected in the contract law discourse were distinguished and their essence was disclosed. To identify the value specifics of such a concept as «services» the Belarusian companies and organizations’ contracts for the provision of services were selected and considered. The comprehensive conceptual and discourse analysis of the documents has made it possible to identify the values they are based on. In accordance with the legal and regulatory acts that are in force in the Republic of Belarus the legal, ethical and pragmatic types of the values reflected in the contract law discourse were distinguished and their essence was disclosed.