This research is devoted to the philosophical analysis of legal culture as a determinant of value orientations in the transition period society. The purpose of the study is to discover the essence and specificity of legal culture as a determinant of value orientations in a transition society from the philosophical perspective. In accordance with this purpose, the following objectives were set: to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the accumulated material in social theory and practice, which is related to the subject at hand; to investigate the essence and specificity of legal culture as a social phenomenon; to substantiate theoretically the interaction between legal culture and moral culture. The main methodological principles of the research are unity of induction and deduction, the empirical and the theoretical, the historical and the logical, the abstract and the concrete, and comparative analysis. The conclusion is that value orientations develop when a person gains social experience and masters the social, political, moral, and ethical ideals and immutable regulatory requirements to him or her as a member of society. The development of legal culture requires neutralizing the effect of negative influence of the micro- and macro-environment on young people, achieving maximum correspondence of moral and legal values in society at all stages of their socializing functions, facilitating the synchronization of knowledge and personal convictions, enhancing the control of the mind over feelings and emotions, and making more important the regulatory role of such complex socio-psychological components as attitudes and value orientations.