From Obedience to Belief: The Arduous Task of Enhancing College Students' Law Awareness

The change of people's attitude toward law-from obedience to belief-is the basic requirement of the society with rule of law. In this process, the enhancement of college students' law awareness is particularly important. The elements of college students' law awareness are ideal, psychology, will, conception, belief, etc. Today, the current situation of college students' law awareness is not quite satisfactory because of the impact of traditional legal culture and the underdevelopment of the campus' legal culture. Therefore, it is essential to enhance college students' law awareness by managing colleges and universities according to law , increasing the amount of the teaching of the law course, etc.