Social studies on the communication problems between the state, society, and citizens are particularly relevant in the modern world. This article is dedicated to a way of enhancing the quality of communication between lawmakers and society known as "normative promotion." The author proposes to understand normative promotion as the activities of a regulator (lawmaker) aimed at forming a unified communicative legal space by informing citizens (the addressees of legal regulation in general) about the legal regulation being introduced, explaining the content of new legal acts or legal norms with the aim of fostering a conscious attitude towards these norms and a positive perception of legal regulation. Ignoring the systematic work of the state in the field of normative promotion can lead to both a decrease in the effectiveness of regulation in general and the emergence of social tension and conflicts within society in particular. It is advisable to consider the practices of normative promotion from the perspective of the communicative theory of law, which serves as the methodological basis for the research, namely, in the context of the dialogue between the legislator and society, where the main role is played not by the regulator as the author of the message, but by the addressee, that is, society or citizens. By examining the connection between normative promotion and other methods of enhancing the quality of lawmaking communication, the author addresses the question of whether the practice of normative promotion has practical significance for legal expertise as an activity aimed at assessing the quality of legal acts. As a result, the author concludes that organizational means, such as deliberative practices, legal expertise, and normative promotion, can serve to improve communication. The article also argues that the improvement of communication should be ensured by legal means, as all the aforementioned practices are poorly or not at all legally supported. In particular, normative promotion, as an activity related to shaping public opinion, is associated with risks of abuses and political manipulations, thus requiring strict legal regulation. Furthermore, it is justified that technical means, primarily information technologies, should also contribute to improving communication between lawmakers and society, which can be applied in parliamentary activities, particularly in ensuring dialogue between parliamentarians and citizens, normative crowdsourcing, legal information dissemination, and legal (including public) expertise of draft legal acts.
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Bleshchik (Thu,) studied this question.