Fr. prof. Władysław Piwowarski is known in Poland and abroad primarily as a sociologist of religion. His sociological works are an important component (one would like to say – classic) of the Polish sociology of religion, they have determined and still determine its development. Most of them closed a certain stage in the development of the sociology of religion in Poland and opened a new one. Today it would be difficult to imagine a thorough study of religiosity without taking into account the sociological achievements of Fr. prof. Piwowarski. In this study, we will only focus on selected aspects of his concept of the sociology of religion (sociology of religion as a sociological subdiscipline), religiosity as a subject of sociological research, methodological problems of the sociology of religion). We ignore his scientific achievements in the fields of sociology of morality, social philosophy, Catholic social science and pastoral theology.

The article deals with the problem of qualification advancement of civil servants in Ukraine. The article reveals the problems connected with qualification advancement of the employees of the state authorities. The article outlines the main directions of formation of the current effective system of professional development of civil servants. It was found that the mechanisms of the system of vocational training, which are used in foreign countries, mainly do not vary from the domestic tools of professional development (e.g., workplace training, on-the-job training (lectures, seminars, workshops, interdepartmental trainings), group training, distance learning), but their application in practice has certain peculiarities. Reform requires a high level of qualification and professional uniformity of the management apparatus, which will enable to provide a professional basis for the constitutional uniformity of the system of power, as well as the transition (vertical, horizontal, interdepartmental, etc.) of public servants. The establishment of systemic and innovative thinking of public servants is considered to be a new challenge of today’s realities. It should be noted that “professionalism of a public servant is intended to ensure the proper performance of duties, stability of public service, the ability to solve complex problems and the ability and readiness to improve their qualification. The main criteria of professionalism of a public servant can include: Availability of high education; competence (knowledge, skills and abilities) in performance of duties; availability of practical work experience; discipline, responsibility; accurate adherence to the law; political neutrality; organizational, managerial skills, initiative, creativity; ability and inclination to work in the service career; social protection, as well as psychological, moral and ethical qualities”. At the same time, the character and nature of performance of duties by public servants require them to have not only basic organizational and managerial skills, competence and initiative in fulfilling the assigned tasks, but also high human qualities: orderliness, self-control, modesty and self-criticism, sense of responsibility for the entrusted task, concern for state and public interests. Professionalism is the main qualitative category of a public servant, which determines the efficiency of work and his career.

National minorities in multiethnic society: the OSCE Ljubljana guidelines

The article is devoted to the research of legal base of the European Union, particularly guidelines by the OSCE High Commissioners on National Minorities. On the issue regarding the development of the major aspects of the life of national minorities related to their self-identificati on. There in the study the structural-functional and analytical scientific methods been implemented. The OSCE Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Divers Societies (2012) is as the subject of the study in general, with directions of integration of national minorities in a polytechnics society, in particular. The novelty of the article is to reveal the subject of research though the coverage of the theoretical foundations of the integration model of public policy, the phenomenon of acculturation. The aim is to consider the principles and provisions of the OSCE Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Divers Societies as per the integration of diverse societies; to identify an areas of public policy, which in this document is the main emphasis; to clarify the provisions of the Guidelines aimed at regulating the development of a language of national minorities through the field of education, provision’s specific features. The peculiarities of the formation of the public sphere in Ukraine as the single ethnic country identified. The position and scientific vision of some domestic researchers on the prospects of further development of ethnic component highlighted. Briefly described the basic principles of the theory of acculturation and their differences. Assumptions been made regarding further implementation by the State the integration model of during the regulation and introducing the public policy in Ukraine. Conclusion been drawn on the promising areas of implementation the OSCE Ljubljana Guidelines on Integration of Divers Societies in Ukraine, taking into the account the peculiarities of the transit stage of the society.

Decentralization of power in Ukraine as a means of creating and maintaining a full-term living environment of territorial communities

The article researched the process of decentralization of power in Ukraine since 2014 and its legal regulation, highlights the stages of reform, systematizes its main achievements within the first stage (from 2014 to 2019) and the second (from 2020 to present), outlines and summarizes the key problems of community development and possible ways to solve them. Based on the analysis of the publications in which the solution of the problem was initiated, the author found that the attempts to improve the administrative- territorial structure of Ukraine, made at the national level before 2014, did not bring the expected results, and therefore the focus is on the process of subsequent reforms. With this in mind, the purpose of the study, its main research objectives and methodological tools are determined. The author emphasizes that the reform of the state policy of Ukraine in the field of local government is based on the best world achievements in this direction, on the basis of the analysis confirms the general correspondence between the number of persons living in a particular region of Ukraine and the number of established communities, and that community development problems are more pronounced within rural areas away from administrative centers. The proposed ways to solve the outlined problems will contribute to the creation and maintenance of a full-fledged living environment of communities.

Comparative analysis of ways to protect the rights of domain name owners and trademarks

In this article, the author conducts a comparative analysis of international and Ukrainian legislation in the field of regulation of rights and obligations of trademark owners and domain names, protection mechanisms and their legislative consolidation. The imperfection of the legislative enshrinement of the domain name concept, the consequences of the lack of legal regulation by the state of the legal status of persons who have the right of ownership of the domain name, the lack of legal consolidation of mechanisms for acquiring and terminating domain name ownership and the legal consolidation of trademark and domain name. The differences between the current methods of protection of the right to a domain name in Ukraine and at the international level were revealed, and the prescriptions of the rules governing and resolving domain disputes in international and Ukrainian legal practice were compared. Based on the analyzed legislation, rules and scientific materials, ways to improve the legal status of domain name owners in Ukraine are proposed, including the separation of the domain name as a separate object of intellectual property rights, with typical for intellectual property rights guarantees for protection and enforcement on the domain name on the part of the state, development of the uniform mechanism regulated by the state of registration and acquisition of the property rights to the domain name and separation of legal ways and means of protection of the right to the domain name.

In this research, which is proposed for the consideration of the scientific community, the author analyzes the essence of the concept of “economic offense”, studies, and summarizes scientific approaches to grounds for economic liability. A separate section of the research is the issue of understanding the essence of the economic offense as a ground for compensation for non-pecuniary damage to business entities. Based on the study and analysis of theoretical research on relevant issues, the author argues that universal characteristics of an economic offence are elements of its composition, and the sufficient ground for liability for non-pecuniary damage to business entities is the economic offense. At the same time, all other grounds for economic liability, which are distinguished by some scholars as independent grounds, incl. law ground, economic legal personality, and certain aspects (or conditions) of economic offense, are not separate grounds but comprise the economic offense’s composition. In addition, the author identifies and studies the elements of the economic offense’s composition as a ground for compensation for non-pecuniary damage to business entities. It is established that they are the object, the objective element, the subject, the subjective aspect. Thus, the research findings allow concluding that the economic offense may have a full or reduced composition, depending on the legal requirements for a particular element of the offense. Moreover, the most controversial issues concerning economic offenses, including the subjective aspect of the economic offense or the guilt of the business entity, are highlighted as ones which require further detailed scientific research.

The importance of competent intelligence and secret diplomacy in the government of Ukraine

The article is devoted to secret diplomacy and intelligence in the context of Ukraine and its strategic partners. Topics are cross-sectoral and relate to political science, public administration and administration. The urgency is due to the fact that competent intelligence and secret diplomacy improve the quality of public administration and governance, which contributes to achieving the expected results in the field of security and defense. In conditions of armed aggression by the RF this is extremely important. Some weaknesses in the process of diplomatic relations with strategic partners, in the relations of the state leadership and intelligence at the present stage of Ukraine’s statehood have been identified. Options for increasing competence and cooperation are substantiated. For the first time at the level of the degree seeker, examples of incompetence in the relations between the state leadership and representatives of the intelligence services were summarized on the basis of the basic principle of the US Army “after action review”. It is proposed to expand the Normandy format of negotiations, involving the United States and Great Britain, with which Ukraine has secret diplomatic relations. The information provided in the article is not a state secret. But the author’s judgments concern the non-public side of government and international relations.

The issue of determining the location of the main events of the Battle of Zhovti Vody in 1648 is considered. The Battle of Zhovti Vody, which changed the course of history not only in Ukraine and Poland but also in other European countries, is still poorly studied. There is no definitive answer to some key questions, such as the location of the « Urochishche Zhovti Vody», the place where the registered Cossacks joined Bohdan Khmelnitsky. Based on the analysis of sources and cartographic information, as well as a personal study of the area, the author draws conclusions about the location of the besieged Polish camp, the location of Kamenny Zaton. The author draws attention for the first time to special marks on one of the versions of the General Map of Ukraine by Guillaume Levasseur de Beauplan published by Willem Hondius in 1648, related to the Battle of Zhovti Vody. The study used a comparative analysis of historical maps and critical analysis of sources, regardless of the influence and authority of the authors. Identification and analysis of contradictions in the available empirical material led to the search for effective ways to eliminate them. As a result of the research, it became possible for the first time to locate the places of the main events of the beginning of the national liberation struggles of the Ukrainian people in the middle of the 17th century.

The aim of this article was to define the fundamentalist character of the environment concentrated around Radio Maryja the radio station. In the course of consideration an attempt was made to answer the question about the tools and methods which Tadeusz Rydzyk as a charismatic leader used to build one of the biggest fundamentalist Catholic circles not only in Poland, but also in Europe. The author attempts to define the essence of fundamentalism in the ideological dimension, pointing to religion as a sphere of exceptional susceptibility to the formation of circles of this nature. In connection with the specificity of the Polish political scene and the exceptionally strong politicization of religion in recent years, the article also attempts to characterize the Polish social mentality as a phenomenon conducive to the development of religious fundamentalism. A critical analysis of media and political speeches, or press articles related to the activities of Radio Maryja, allowed at the same time to analyze the real consequences of uncritical acceptance of the ideological messages coming from the Torun radio station.

Semiotico-compositive aspects of the formation of Chinese equipment painting works: general theoretical analysis

The scientific article is devoted to the complex analysis of semiotic-compositional aspects of formation of works of easel painting of China. It established that taking into account the holistic and fundamental changes that took place in the spiritual life of society in the late XX –early XXI century and due to the transformations taking place in the fine arts of China, it is obvious that profound changes have affected the methodology of philosophical knowledge and the foundations of artistic creativity. In art, the practice of artistic creativity and the accompanying philosophical reflection always go hand in hand, fully determining each other. In turn, attention to some specific aspects of the formation of the compositional construction of a work of art is not only able to promote practice, but can deepen the degree of penetration into all aspects of the topic under consideration. Emphasis is placed on the fact that extrapolating such a method to the study of the phenomena of compositional construction, we can afford to trace the relationship between individual artistic styles and their relationship to the goals and objectives of composition. This allows us to distinguish two aspects of the study: the attitude to the composition, its goals, objectives, methods and techniques in the context of the analyzed individual artistic styles; attitude to the composition, its goals, objectives, methods and techniques, as a communicative model of “open” type, in which the message changes as codes change, and the use of certain codes is dictated by ideology, features of historical development, translational movement of semiosis.

The problem of non-conceptual content as a research object

Some mental states of a person can be represented semiotically or objectively even in the case when the subject of such states does not have the concepts necessary to define (qualify and categorize) their content. There is no consensus among researchers as to what the essence of such content is, both in terms of their quality and the forms of their existence in the consciousness (or subconsciousness) of a person. These kinds of functions of human experience include sensory, emotional, and volitional content. The article presents the attempts of a number of philosophers and scientists to consider the issues of conceptual and non-conceptual content. It has been established that most researchers of the content of human consciousness limit themselves either to the study of sensory information or to the study of already conceptualized emotional and volitional content. Moreover, research on emotions and will is often reduced to the analysis of mental or psychophysiological mechanisms themselves. The authors try to present sensuality, emotions and volitional states as a kind of nonconceptual information and define its place in the human information system in relation to conceptual content and in relation to the processes of semiotization.

The Chinese Road to Socialism as an Object of Criticism

Socialist market economy or more broadly China’s road to socialism is a subject of controversy not only in China itself, but also in the international community. This issue is very complex on many levels. From the very beginning of the formation of the CPC it had to pursue different goals and face completely different challenges than its European counterparts. Due to its cultural and civilization distinctiveness, China had to choose its own path to socialism and its construction. During the times of Deng Xiaoping the Chinese economy opened to the influence of foreign capital, which allowed, on the one hand, to significantly accelerate China’s economic development and raise its position in the international arena, and on the other hand, it was the cause of much controversy.

Fight against human trafficking and smuggling of migrants in South-East Europe by SELEC

Human trafficking is one of the modern forms of slavery and the most dangerous crime against freedom and human dignity. This practice is often associated with the phenomenon of illegal migration and smuggling of migrants, which are particularly intensified in the period of various types of conflicts (armed, ethnic, etc.). The international scale of the problem forces the cooperation of authorities and services responsible for security and public order in many countries. The article presents activities undertaken by the SELEC organization in combating this type of international organized crime in South-Eastern Europe. The source of the data are annual reports on the organization’s activities, published on its official website.

Situation of immigrants and refugees in Ukraine from 1991 to 2013

The author shows the history of the immigration system and refugees in Ukraine. The discussed period of 1991–2013 is not accidental and is quite important in the process of shaping the rights of immigrants and refugees.

Military ministry in the interwar period in the missionary garrison church in Tarnów

In the years 1918-1939 the Church of Missionaries in Tarnów served as a garrison church. Two military units were stationed in the city permanently: the 16th Infantry Regiment of the Tarnów region, and the 5th Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. In fact this church, as a parish church, was an auxiliary church for the military ministry. A separate issue was the practice of religious life, and especially the cultivation of Catholic traditions by Tarnów’s military. The army was permanently inscribed in the history of the town and the parish. Some of the Missionaries from Tarnów were military chaplains. The plaque placed and consecrated in 2008 on the front of the church, at the entrance to the temple, attests that the Church of the Missionary Priests served the garrison in the years 1918-1939.

Restricting Instruction as a Case of Separate Proceedings in the Civil Procedure of Ukraine

The article is devoted to a study on the new institute of civil justice in Ukraine - a restrictive regulation, which is defined as a form of protection of any person from domestic violence. The research analyzes statistics on appeals to law enforcement agencies with allegations of domestic violence, the number of open criminal proceedings on these facts and reports of suspicion, the number of cases of administrative offenses, the trend of increasing applications, because in 2019 the National Police In Ukraine, 141 814 allegations and reports of offenses and other events related to domestic violence were registered, and in 2020 this figure increased by a third to 208 784. The case law on the procedure for consideration by courts of applications for issuance and extension of a restrictive order, on the amount of evidence submitted in a particular case has been studied separately; requirements for the application for the issuance or extension of a restrictive order, the terms of consideration of such applications, the procedure for their appeal. The paper identifies the legal features and shortcomings of the restrictive order, the period for which such an order is issued, the measures in accordance with which (which) the person of the offender may be assigned certain responsibilities. The aim of the article is to discuss current issues in the field of law enforcement response to cases of domestic violence and the use of restrictive regulations as a measure to combat this phenomenon in civil proceedings. The concept of responsibility for domestic violence and abuse of family members has been studied. The Law of Ukraine “On Preventing and Combating Domestic Violence”, the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence was opened for signature in Istanbul (Turkey) on May 11, 2011 and an explanatory report. Based on the analysis of theoretical views of scientists and current legislation of Ukraine, a description of special measures to prevent domestic violence. The author suggested the possibility of issuing a restraining order at the stage when the offender has not yet been prosecuted (criminal or administrative) for domestic violence, simplified the list and requirements for evidence to be submitted to the court together with the application for continuation of the restrictive prescription. General scientific research methods were used in the work, namely empirical - description, and theoretical - analysis, generalization.

Sustainable Development Goals: Priorities of Civil Aviation

The article is devoted to the analysis of current problems of international civil aviation, in particular, intensification of work in the program of global partnership in civil aviation to implement the UN document “Transforming our world: an agenda for sustainable development until 2030”, which defines 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This document envisages the involvement of all countries in the world to promote prosperity, protect the planet, ensure peace, eradicate poverty, so that by 2030 all people can live safely. The analysis of the influence of modern world trends on solving the problem of priorities of civil aviation in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the study of Ukraine’s efforts to develop their provision in accordance with its own priorities and the problems of the world as a whole. The goals of sustainable development for the period up to 2030 are guidelines for the development of draft policy documents, draft regulations in order to ensure the balance of economic, social and environmental development of Ukraine. The technology of determining the priorities of international civil aviation is analyzed, taking into account the specifics of Ukraine’s development, set out in the National Report “Sustainable Development Goals: Ukraine”, as well as their compliance with international organizations. The measures proposed by the ICAO Council for the implementation of the priority goals of regional priority, proposals for setting priorities for sustainable development in new programs with the participation of member states of international and European civil aviation organizations are described. Topical issues of application of international standards of civil aviation, which testify to their effectiveness in improving approaches to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, are covered. However, despite the fact that the problems of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals are relevant, attract the attention of many international organizations, not many domestic researchers have tried to provide independent scientific justification for international civil aviation, provided by the final UN document. The development of domestic legislation, its gradual harmonization with international law, as well as regular ICAO recommendations, existing international and European standards in the field of civil aviation necessitate the emergence of new research in this area.

Modern Tendencies of Professional Training of Aviation Personnel of Civil Aviation in the Leading Countries of the World

Scientific research is devoted to consideration of the concept of foreign experience of preparation of aviation personnel in aviation countries in the world. The relevance of the article is conditioned by world trends that are related to the fact that aviation becomes a major element in the development of many states. Accordingly, the appeal to problems arising within the framework of labor relations in the field of aviation is one of the significant components of the analysis. State regulation of aviation activity is aimed at guaranteeing the safety of aviation, ensuring the interests of the state, national security and the prevention of acts of illegal interference in civil aviation. The study of foreign experience in the preparation of aviation staffin aviation countries will provide a scientific study of promising areas for the development of education in the aviation industry in Ukraine, taking into account the existing experience in the field of aviation construction and operation of aircraft, deploy persistent activity to enhance aviation and professional orientation of aviation preparation. In this regard, out state is in dire need of creative use of innovation in the field of legal regulation of the preparation of aviation personnel in the world-recognized leaders of the economy and education in the field of aviation, transition to the way to improve the existing legal system of aircrafttraining in order to ensure high levels of education and professionalism of graduates, their general, aviation and professional culture, creation of a further basis for motivated, permanent increase in education, qualified skills of aviation specialists, their permanent professional growth and confident creative self-realization. Taking into account a high requirement in the presence of highly skilled aviation personnel at the modern market of labour in the process of eurointegration of Ukrainian society, it is necessary to connect present long-term experience of functioning of domestic school from training of aviation staffin Ukraine with the oversea systems of preparation of aviation personnel of some leading aviation countries of the world, such as France, Italy, Large Britain, USA.

Economic and Legal Principles of Technical Control of Motor Vehicles

This scientific article is devoted to the study and definition of technical control of motor vehicles, with an emphasis on it as an independent specific legal definition and special features. Control is a mandatory procedure for some areas of management, and the transport sector is the most important sector that meets the needs of the population and businesses in transportation, including road transport. In general, the sphere of management is characterized by supervisory and control actions carried out by authorized persons, including public authorities and local governments in order to comply with legislation on standards, quality, compliance, etc. The objects of these actions may be vehicles, including cars, their units, mechanisms, and the procedure is called technical control. It is through technical control that road transport is maintained in good condition and subject to safe use. The economic and legal principles of technical control are that it is carried out in respect of motor vehicles used by economic entities for its implementation and maintenance. Due to the positive conclusions of the technical control, the business entity can carry out transportation, operate a vehicle of proper quality in terms of its technical and technological characteristics. Technical control carried out by specially authorized state bodies is a means of state regulation, the purpose of which is to detect and prevent qualitative and technical violations of the vehicle, which are detected by periodic inspections and documented. Technical control can be mandatory and optional, apply to various types of road transport, be permanent and periodic. Permanent is carried out on a corporate basis, ie before each operation of the vehicle by a specially authorized person of the business entity with mandatory documentation. The prospect of developing technical control is its implementation through the widespread use of the latest modern information and digital technologies that save time and human resources. These technologies allow for technical control with high quality in accordance with current international standards and regulations. This requires constant monitoring of international standards and regulations, in order to further amend the current domestic transport legislation, in particular on road transport, the Laws of Ukraine “On Road Transport”, “On Road Traffic”, “On National Police”, etc.

Mark the 90th Anniversary of the Birth Of Y.M. Hroshevyi: Contribution of an Outstanding Scientist to the Development of the Theory and Practice of Criminal Procedure Evidence

On April 13, 2012 (10 years ago) Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine decided to approve the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine (hereinafter referred to as the CPC of Ukraine), which was primarily developed with international and European standards in the field of criminal justice as reference. Thus, Art.9 of the CPC of Ukraine originally indicates the need to take into account the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in the process of applying criminal procedure legislation at the level of the law. The new CPC of Ukraine is conveniently structured. Many evaluative concepts appeared (for example, reasonableness of terms). The adoption of the CPC of Ukraine in 2012 can be generally called a «positive breakthrough» for the legislation of Ukraine in the whole. I would like to highlight the following аmong the most progressive provisions:
–– entirely new institutions were introduced, for example, the institution of agreements in criminal procedure, which is an agreement between the parties formalized in the relevant service document and aimed at settling the criminal law conflict;
–– Article 45 of the new CPC of Ukraine clearly established that a lawyer can only act as a defense counsel in criminal proceedings, thereby prohibiting «specialists in the field of law» from carrying out defense;
–– the need to distinguish between crimes and criminal offenses was clearly defined for the first time at the legislative level, and the features of the investigation of the criminal offenses were formulated as well;
–– a separate chapter «Foundations of criminal proceedings» appeared where the legislature fixed 22 general foundations in accordance with which criminal legal proceeding should be carried out;
–– a procedure for a special pre-trial investigation or special judicial proceedings (in absentia) in respect of a suspect, except for a minor who is hiding from the investigation authorities and the court in order to evade criminal liability if he is outside Ukraine;
–– the law provides for a special arrangements of pre-trial investigation in conditions of martial law, a state of 9 emergency or in the area of an antiterrorist operation;
–– another innovation is a significant expansion of the functioning of the court to monitor the observance of the rights and freedoms of the parties to criminal proceedings during the pre-trial investigation, as well as the introduction of the institute of the investigating judge as a person specially authorized to exercise such control for the given purpose. Almost all criminal procedure institutions were generally improved in the new Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine.

The “Wars of Memory” as a Key Factor of Formationof the State Policy of Memory in Modern Ukraine

The aim of the study is to reveal the content of the phenomenon of “memory war” as a factor in the formation of memory policy in Ukraine in the period from 2014. The research methodology is interdisciplinary, combining methods of historical, political, sociological and legal sciences. The main results of the research: the content of the concept of “memory policy” is revealed, the structure of memory policy in modern Ukraine is determined. It is proved that historical memory is a key element of the whole identification system and due to the fact that historical memory is a highly politicized segment of public consciousness, it can quickly become a factor of social tension and civil confrontation, become a source of national disintegration. This is facilitated by the multiplicity (polarity) of historical memory, so the conceptual basis of memory policy should be the desire to achieve the integrity (monolithic) of the nation’s memory, to overcome polarity and controversy in assessments of the historical past. It was stressed that a certain consensus can be reached on a nationwide historical grand narrative in Ukraine if the objective existence of the Ukrainian nation and the existence of Ukraine as an independent and sovereign state are recognized. The practical significance of the achieved results is due to the fact that in the conditions of the hybrid war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine the state policy of memory is called to promote formation of monolithic historical memory, search of optimum balance of historical plots which would, on the one hand, prevent erosion of ethnocultural basis of historical memory, and on the other – would contribute to the awareness of national history as a permanent process of interaction and interdependence of different cultures. The originality of the study lies in the fact that the influence of historical policy on the course of the hybrid war of the Russian Federation against Ukraine is revealed.

Patriotic Education as a Factorin The Formation of National Identity in the Conditions of Russian Aggression

The article examines the features of patriotic education of Ukrainian youth in the context of the formation of national identity. It is noted that this process was significantly intensified in the context of Russian aggression, when the entire Ukrainian people united into one, defending the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, democratic values, human rights and freedoms. Today, Ukraine is an outpost of European civilization, protecting it from the expansion of the Russian Federation. It is noted that in the context of increasing current threats and challenges, national-patriotic education is an important security factor, as it is aimed at forming the national identity of young people, their willingness to defend their homeland. It is emphasized that patriotism is the basis for the formation of national identity. It is pointed out that, in essence, national identity is a multidimensional concept that can integrate cultural, ethnic, professional, regional, gender, or other types of identities, preserving each of them. It is noted that several identity groups coexist in Ukraine, each of which seeks to become national. The first group includes identities that have a strong national-patriotic character, focused on preserving the identity of Ukrainians, the development of national language, culture, customs and more. The second group is partly pro-European cosmopolitan identities, focused on democratic pan-European values, seeking integration with the European Union. The third group includes pro-Russian identities, which are disappearing in the face of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine, as Russia has completely discredited itself by destroying peaceful towns and villages, killing civilians. The last, fourth group consists of cosmopolitan identities that perceive themselves as citizens of the vanished USSR and do not accept the values of the three previous groups. It is noted that the idea of polyethnic, social, political harmony on the basis of the generally accepted goal – ensuring the spiritual and material well-being of the citizens of Ukraine should be the basis for the formation of national identity; The idea of patriotism, love for Ukraine as a defining value; national self-esteem and respect for representatives of other nations and national minorities. It is emphasized that in the conditions of Russian aggression there is an active formation of national identity, which is based primarily on supporting the culture and language of the titular Ukrainian ethnic group, education of patriotism and the formation of the Ukrainian political nation.

The aim of the article is (1) to describe the evaluation during the RDI initiative; (2) analysis of Chinese documents on “greening” projects under the Belt and Road initiative; (3) describe the impact of the initiative on the environment; (4) describing the role of socio-economic factors influencing the environment of RDI and sustainable development policy; (5) issuing recommendations and recommendations for the PRC. The article may contribute to intensifying the discussion on the environmental impact of the Belt and Road Initiative and to carrying out further interdisciplinary research – taking into account the multifaceted nature of this cross-border initiative. This is crucial as the impact of BRI is likely to be felt for generations after it is completed worldwide.

The Society and State in Terms of Their Functional Core as a Source of Problematic Issues in Social Life

Numerous attempts to improve social institutions are conventionally nominal or declarative. The latter indicates that essential changes in this perspective are possible only as a collateral consequence of exertion in another sphere. Respectively, the subject of the efforts should be the person as a whole, including their culture, nature and way of being through certain activities. The efficiency of the effort is determined, among other things, by good will and the intention of the subject to improve, whereas the formation of the intentions is conditioned by experiences as emotionally affected or idea-driven. Thus, properly formed ideas about social institutions are the beginning of a systematic transformation of the institutions themselves conceived to be as humane as possible – both comfortable and favorable for self-realization of the person in accordance with individual growth. The afore-mentioned ideas should be based on the establishment of the functional core in human existence, i.e. the ability to meet specific needs and expectations. At the same time, various assumptions about what the phenomena, institutions or processes might be, do not only distract from the effective activities, including fulfillment of assigned duties, but also trigger numerous conflicts. Therefore, this article is aimed at understanding the functional core, and the place and role of a number of key social institutions in human life. The impetus for this reconsideration has been a desire to overcome the conditionality of everyday life, based on assimilated mass stereotypes as the truth due to systemic social training, concealed behind education and upbringing. In addition, contextually, the article represents an unconventional viewpoint on the relationship between law and legislation, correlated with nature and the status of man. Since the transitory link between human nature and human status is sexuality based on the established hierarchy of values, the realization or leveling of human rights, therefore, is determined by the system of laws, which is formed in accordance with the hierarchy of the intrinsic values. At the same time, the system of laws or norms of social action and interaction shows the functioning of the state as a mechanism to limit or control the manifestation of radical evil, in other words, the tendency of man to give themselves the right of exception.

Typical Investigative Situations of the Initial Stage of Corporate Raids Investigation

One of the key aspects of the fight against corruption and economic crime is to counter the seizure of business entities (raids) – as a set of criminal acts. There is no single norm in Ukrainian criminal law that provides for penalties for illegal seizure of enterprises, institutions, organizations in order to appropriate them or establishes control over their assets, and therefore existing methods of detecting and investigating raids need to be significantly improved. Also a top priority for researchers and practitioners in the field of law enforcement remain issues of updating scientific developments in order to increase the level of crime prevention. This is especially true of raider groups, whose members have expertise in the economic field, are corrupt, and resort to the most sophisticated forms of countering the investigation. Thus, without awareness of typical investigative situations and the procedure for conducting investigative (search) actions at the initial stage of a raid investigation, it is difficult to identify perpetrators, and identifying the customer may be an impossible task due to the specifics of economic crimes information to be processed. In this regard, determining the specifics of the formation of investigative situations of the initial stage of the investigation of criminal offenses related to raiding is a very important issue. The article examines the problematic issues of defining the essential features of raiding, clearly argues various approaches to the interpretation of this concept, identifies the essence of typical investigative situations, as well as highlights the provisions of raiding, which directly affect the formation of an investigative situation of this crime. Finally, the identification of typical investigative situations in the initial phase of raiding investigations contributes to the quality of pre-trial investigations, reducing the risk of tactical errors, in particular during investigative actions, which will facilitate the proper execution of criminal proceedings.

Legal Aspects of Legalization of Circulation and Use of Firearms by Civilians in order to Repel Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation

The current aggression of the Russian Federation (RF) against Ukraine has highlighted various actual socio-political and criminal issues. It was established that the problem of legalization of circulation and use of firearms by civilians to repel the armed aggression of the Russian Federation arouses the greatest interest in society. The analysis of normative acts allows determining two levels of civilians’ accessing to firearms to repel the armed aggression of the Russian Federation: general and special. The general level is determined by the laws of Ukraine «On Ensuring the Participation of Civilians in the Defense of Ukraine» from 03.03.2022 № 2114-IX and «On Amendments to the Criminal Code of Ukraine and other Laws of Ukraine to Determine the Circumstances that Exclude Criminal Misconduct and Provide Combat Immunity Actions in the conditions of martial law» from 15.03.2022 № 2124-IX. Special one is defined by the Law of Ukraine «On Fundamentals of National Resistance» of 16.07.2021 № 1702-IX and the Procedure for the use of personal hunting weapons and ammunition by members of voluntary formations of territorial communities in the performance of territorial defense tasks, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of December 29, 2021 № 1448. The analysis of normative acts at the general level allows to determine the gaps in the Law of Ukraine № 2114-IX, such as: the lack of clear correspondence with the Law of Ukraine № 1702-IX; incorrect reference to the resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine № 828; lack of clear conditions for the use of weapons. The positive aspects are: expanding opportunities not only for the citizens of Ukraine, but also for foreigners and stateless persons to obtain and use firearms; de facto exclusion of criminal liability for the use of firearms. It is established that the Law of Ukraine № 2124-IX provides for a new circumstance that excludes the criminal illegality of the act, that is «Fulfillment of the Duty to Protect the Fatherland, Independence and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine» (Article 43–1 of the Criminal Code), which determines, on the one hand, rather wide opportunities for Ukraine protection; on the other hand, it provides a number of conditions for the legality of the act, which significantly complicate such activities. It is proved that regulations at the special level are designed more for the peaceful period of life (it is complicated by conditions that are difficult to comply with in a particular period), subjects and means of protection are clearly defined, time limits are defined, and that is the period of territorial defense tasks performing. A discrepancy was established between the list of remedies defined by the Law of Ukraine № 1702-IX and the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Resolution № 1448. It was stated that these regulations do not apply to all civilians and do not provide more opportunities for defense.

Subjects of Municipal Legal Policy as a Type of Legal Policy of the State

The article is devoted to the study of the issue of subjects of municipal legal policy. The author made a thorough analysis of approaches to the definition of legal policy, municipal legal policy and gives his own vision on this issue, based on scientific literature and the provisions of Ukrainian and foreign legislation. The article considers two approaches (activity and institutional) to the understanding of the concept of «legal policy» in the scientific literature and analyzes the approaches to the definition of «legal policy». Thus, the paper presents the scientific developments of the representatives of the activity approach, in which the main subject of legal policy is the state bodies, it is concluded that such an approach narrows the understanding of the subjects of legal policy. The opinions of the representatives of the institutional approach are studied and it is noted that their understanding of legal policy without the allocation of subjects is quite controversial. The paper singles out the scientific approach, according to which the subjects are understood as state and municipal bodies, it is said that such an approach also narrows the understanding of the subjects. The author concludes that the subjects of legal policy can include government agencies and non-governmental organizations (political parties, NGOs, citizens, the scientific community). Regarding the definition of subjects of municipal legal policy, the author analyzes the approach to which the subjects are public authorities, local governments and the local community. It is noted that this definition of subjects in terms of separate allocation of the local community is fully consistent with the provisions of Art. 140 of the Constitution of Ukraine. The approach to the selection of subjects of municipal legal policy, according to which the subject is local government, is studied. The author believes that this position should be criticized because the municipal legal policy is formed and implemented not only at the local but also at the national level. The results of the study conclude that the allocation of state and non-state structures as subjects is the most balanced position in the scientific literature. The author concludes that the subjects of municipal legal policy should be understood as state and non-state (political parties, public organizations, etc.) structures, as well as individual citizens, scientists. The separation of state and non-state structures as groups of subjects of municipal legal policy is substantiated, as well as their division into a number of smaller subgroups.

Current Issues of Public Administration in the Field of Land within The Framework of Functioning of the Agricultural Land Market (Current Problems and Ways of Improvement)

The qualitative development of a democratic society and the improvement of the functions of the rule of law in our country are closely connected with the understanding of human rights, including in the field of land relations. After all, the land, its subsoil and other natural resources located on the territory of Ukraine, in accordance with the Constitution of Ukraine, are the objects of property rights of the Ukrainian people exclusively, and are a national treasure. Today, Ukraine is undergoing a complex process of reforming land relations and adapting them to modern political, economic and social needs, especially in an open market for agricultural land. With an extremely strong agro-industrial potential, Ukraine has a significant role to play in overcoming the global food crisis. However, in the current system there is no competent and balanced state policy, and appropriate mechanisms for its implementation, on the integrated development of land relations and adaptation of land reform in Ukraine. As never before, there is a need for quality and effective public administration in the field of land use within the functioning of the agricultural land market in Ukraine. With the beginning of land status in Ukraine, new questions arose about the directions and mechanisms of improving land relations, the formation of the land market, the solution of which involves scientific and practical clarification of a wide range of problems in its infrastructure. Due to the introduction of a new wave of land reform in Ukraine, public administration in the field of land use of state and communal property should acquire a modern character. Along with the introduction of a transparent market for agricultural land, the reform also aims at transparent and efficient land management. One of the mandatory components of this goal is the introduction of an effective system of public administration in the field of land use of state and communal property. Thus, the formation of effective public administration in the field of land use within the functioning of the agricultural land market in Ukraine, including taking into account international experience, would ensure quality and rational use and protection of land in Ukraine, guarantee the rights of land owners and users and effective governance, which requires a systematic and scientific approach to addressing issues.

Recent years saw significant changes on the wine market in Poland, not only in terms of production and consumption but also sales. It can be mostly contributed to domestic legislation changes and consumers readiness to grasp Western European culture prompted by the accession of Poland to the European Union. The aim of the article is to show the changes in the Polish wine sector and to present the main determinants of wine production, such as legal and geographical conditions. The work also presents the characteristics of the supply and demand sides of the domestic wine market. It also identifies the factors that have mostly contributed to the improvement of the situation of producers and shows the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the level of wine sales in Poland. Critical analysis of literature and statistical data allowed the obtainment of detailed information on the topic under study and for a detailed presentation of systematized facts related to the production and trade of wine in Poland over the last several years. An important element of this article is the account of the segmentation of Polish wine consumers, in which six main groups of people imbibing the drink in question have been proposed and described.

The main priorities of President Andrzej Duda’s foreign policy

In the present state of the political system, the powers of the Polish president to conduct an independent foreign policy are quite limited. But, in the case of the Andrzej Duda presidency, there are certain areas in which his activities between 2015–2021 were dominant, however. It mainly concerned the Three Seas Initiative, the aim of which is to integrate the economy and infrastructure of Central European countries. The Polish president was and still is the main architect of this project. Moreover, he plays an important role in shaping Poland’s relations with Ukraine, and above all with the United States. It should be noted that in the latter cases, they were closely related to another scope partly within the remit of the Polish president – security policy.

The Problematics of Obligations in the Political and Legal Thought of the Renaissance

The article is devoted to understanding the category of obligation in the political and legal thought of the Renaissance. The study analyzes the works of F. Bacon, N. Machiavelli, J. Bodin and J. Althusius. Considering the views of F. Bacon, the author concludes that Bacon’s understanding of obligations is based on the established commandment of love, which should be guided by man in his actions and deeds. Thus, Bacon, above all, speaks of obligations in the Christian sense as manifestations of love of neighbor. In “Discourses on the First decade of Titus Livius”, N. Machiavelli outlines a kind of “obligation” of the republic and the prince to refrain from insulting citizens. He also formulates the obligation that a virtuous citizen should follow – to forget about the insults caused to him out of love for the homeland. The main obligation of the prince, based on the work of the “The Prince”, is the art of war. In addition to the above, it is also the obligation of the princes to try to retain power, to win, regardless of the means they use to do so. Regarding the people, the prince has such obligations as: to reward gifted citizens, to persuade them to quietly engage in crafts and trade, to arrange their possessions, but also to engage citizens in celebrations and spectacles at the right time. The author concludes that the issue of obligations in Machiavelli is wrapped up in political goals, which are ultimately aimed at preserving, strengthening the state, cohesion of the people. In Boden’s political and legal conception, it is the category of obligation (obligation between subject and sovereign) that forms citizenship, underlies the understanding of the law (as the sovereign’s order to exercise its power), and is associated with the first attribute of sovereignty. In this case, the sovereign and the citizen are bound by mutual obligations – the sovereign provides protection of the citizens and his property, and the citizens – obeys the will of the sovereign and shows faith and obedience to authority. Views on the obligations of the German thinker J. Althusius are set out in his work “Politica”, analyzing which, the author concludes that the whole system of obligations of J. Althusius is based on God’s commandments, the commandments of love of neighbor. Regarding the sovereigns, they should take care of the soul and body of their citizens, especially in the direction of their noesis of God’s laws and their protection.

Problems of Building and Destruction of National Identity

The article analyzes different types of identity and finds that both regional, ethnic and national, belong to the territorial identity, and regional is more volatile and unstable iv contrast to ethnic, which, in addition to territoriality involves in its consideration of historical component – memories, memory of ancestors. The article also traces the influence of cultural memory on the formation of national identity. Studies of cultural memory are interdisciplinary in nature and are the subject of reflection in various scientific discourses (historical (F. Aries, J. Lefebvre, P. Nora, F. Fure), culturological (F. Yates, M. Foucault), sociological (M. Halbwax), philosophical (A. Bergson, E. Durkheim, A. Mole), psychological (W. Wordsworth, Z. Freud), etc.). Cultural memory is formed over the centuries and transmits cultural content in the form of texts, images, inscriptions, monuments, rituals, all indicators of tradition. It is a prerequisite for self-identification, as it connects knowledge about the past and present life situation of a particular social group. The issue of cultural memory is an important research issue. Songwriting transforms the cultural memory of Ukrainians and through the emotional component of the song (folklore) forms different types of identity. Mnemics of modus, decoded and incorporated into regional culture, are stable guardians of traditions that are broadcast not only limited territories, but are able to spread to unlimited areas. Thus, regional culture penetrates into various layers of national culture, supplementing and enriching it with cultural meanings. Cultural memory is most vividly formed in the Diasporas, which is explained by the desire to preserve national identity outside the homeland. The ways of expressing identity by folk songs are outlined. National-cultural identity is defined as a sense of belonging to a national community, consideration of one’s personality through the prism of identification with its symbols, values, history and culture. The significance of folk song practices for the formation of national identity is substantiated. Cultural regional identity in modern conditions is characterized. The region covers the history of Ukrainian culture in a new perspective and contributes to the study of individual territorial centers as unique and inimitable units in not only historical, geographical and art aspects, but also is important in cultural discourse. The appeal to primary source, in particular the folk song, makes a mechanism for the preservation of national integrity, transforming through the emotional component of song performance into cultural memory, which forms the identity itself. Cultural memory combined with historical experience will result in national identity and conscious being.

Theoretical and Methodological Aspects the Concept of International Image of the State

The article considers the theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation of the international image of the state through: analysis of conceptual approaches to the concept of international image of the state; identification of factors influencing the formation of an effective image of the state in the international arena; formulation of essential features of the state image and determination of their influence on the international competitiveness of the state; defining criteria for assessing the international image; analysis of areas of international state image-making. The international image of the state is a strategic tool for strengthening the status of the state in the international arena and the main criterion for its effectiveness. The international image is formed under the influence of natural factors and purposeful activity of state and other actors. The author identifies specific features of the international image of the state: compliance with the level of political, socio-economic and cultural development of the state; emphasis on the brightest and specific characteristics of the state; the presence of significant emotional and psychological composition; easy to display object; symbolization of some aspects of state life. The main criterion for the effectiveness of the state image is to strengthen the status of the state in the international arena. The result of the analysis of the main directions of international state image-making is the allocation of three areas: geopolitical direction forms the idea of geographical space as a territory for domestic and foreign policy; marketing direction provides promotion of economic processes of the state on the world stage; branding direction based on the recognizability of formal and informal symbols of the state contributes to the recognizability of the state on the world stage. Thus, the international image is a manageable category that can be built according to the political or economic demands of the state.

Artificial Intelligence in the Process of Making and Implementing Management Decisions in the Field of Legal Management

The scientific article, based on the works of domestic scientists, researchers and modern legislation, highlights current issues of the introduction of artificial intelligence in the process of making and implementing management decisions. The authors emphasize the existence of different views of scholars on the definition of the concept of legal management, its relationship with the concept of law practice management. The vision of various scholars to define the concept of managerial decision-making is also analyzed. Find out why this component of the above area is so important and significant. In addition, the authors of the study explain what are the technologies of artificial intelligence and how widely they are used in leading countries. The most famous examples of the use of such intelligent systems in decision making are identified. The experience of foreign countries on the use of artificial intelligence in the process of legal activity is analyzed. Find out what specific tools are used to provide effective legal assistance to clients in these countries. The authors also study the existence of such tools for legal activity in Ukraine. The scientific article also provides a thorough analysis of Ukrainian legislation. The normative legal acts regulating the introduction of artificial intelligence in various spheres of the economy, in particular, in legal management, are analyzed. The authors of the article also propose a specific addition to the Civil Code of Ukraine, which would help to effectively implement artificial intelligence. Another new piece of legislation to regulate this issue was also presented. This explains the advantages of law firms that use modern technology over those that do not. Based on this, the authors also describe their model of introducing artificial intelligence in the field of legal management. Thus, the article emphasizes the importance of introducing the described changes to the legislation and the model proposed by them.

Correlation of Concepts Right and Law

The article proves that law is an effective means of regulation only in the rule of law. The rule of law underpins the work of the United Nations and other international organizations, as well as the political institutions of modern developed nations. It is shown that the concept of “rule of law” is lexically close to one of the basic elements of the positivist doctrine of law in the form of the concept of “rule of law”, which led to the identification of these concepts. It is substantiated that the Ukrainian vision of the rule of law is not limited to legislation as one of its forms, but also includes other social regulators, including morals, traditions, customs, etc., which are legitimized by society and conditioned with historically achieved cultural level. It is confirmed that justice is one of the basic principles of the law, decisive in defining it as a regulator of social relations, one of the universal dimensions of the law. It is proved that justice is considered as a property of the law, expressed, in particular, in the equal legal scale of behavior and in the proportionality of legal responsibility for the offense. In the field of the law enforcement, justice is manifested, in particular, in the equality of all before the law, the conformity of crime and punishment, the goals of the legislator and the means chosen to achieve them. In the article, that right, comes forward as effective means of adjusting only in the conditions of supremacy of thelaw. Principle of supremacy of right is the basis of activity of United Nations and other international organizations, and also political institutes of the modern developed states. It has been shown that a pan-European understanding of the concepts studied takes into account the main aspects of the concept of “rule of law”: all persons, whether public or private, must be bound by law and have the right to enjoy it. It is shown that modern society has developed an effective mechanism for ensuring the rule of law, which includes: the existence of the basic law of the country – the Constitution or its equivalent; clear and consistent system of legislation; institutions of justice, administration and security, which have the means and capabilities to ensure the application of legislation; legal culture. In the absence of equal law for all, the progressive development of society is impossible. Where there are groups above the law, as well as the practice of selective application of the law, incentives for development disappear. It is substantiated that the rule of law should be identified and implemented at the stage of law enforcement and the first step towards this is to increase the role of law as the main and primary regulator of public relations.

Education of Inmates in Polish Prisons and Remand Centre

The aim of the article is an attempt to analyze the education system of prisoners in Poland. This work is based on the available literature. The author has attempted to answer the following questions: What were the most important assumptions and legal conditions of education of inmates in Polish penitentiary units? What is the structure and organisation of the education system in penitentiary isolation? The methodology used to create the publication was to conduct a critical analysis of legal acts and other documents available on the Internet. In the course of the literature analysis, the author points out that the legislation on education in penitentiary isolation has changed over the last hundred years, but it has always been aimed at giving inmates a chance to re-enter the labour market and prevent a return to crime.

Alternative Ways to Resolve Customs Disputes

The article is devoted to clarifying the nature and features of legally established alternative ways of resolving customs disputes in Ukraine. The spheres of application of alternative ways of resolving legal disputes are established. It is emphasized that alternative ways of resolving legal disputes can be used in both private and public spheres. Alternative ways of resolving customs disputes in court are identified: dispute resolution with the participation of a judge and conciliation of the parties. The specifics of these methods of resolving customs disputes are described. Attention is drawn to the fact that among scholars there is no single approach to understanding the nature and legal nature of the institution of dispute resolution with the participation of a judge. It is concluded that dispute resolution with the participation of a judge is an independent way of resolving customs disputes, which is coordinated directly by the judge. It is pointed out that the application of the institute of dispute resolution with the participation of a judge in customs disputes is limited, namely: in cases at the request of customs authorities in the exercise of their statutory powers and in typical cases. It is emphasized that the role of the institution of conciliation of the parties as a way of resolving customs disputes is that its application is possible at any stage of proceedings in customs disputes in the administrative proceedings of Ukraine. The author’s understanding of the following categories is given: «alternative ways of resolving customs disputes» is a set of procedures aimed at peaceful settlement of conflicts by mutual will of both parties; «settlement of a dispute involving a judge» is a way of resolving customs disputes involving a judgerapporteur for the peaceful settlement of the conflict between the parties; «reconciliation of the parties» is a way of resolving customs disputes, which is aimed at peaceful settlement of the conflict in court by mutual will of both parties. It is stated that in resolving customs disputes in court, dispute resolution with the participation of a judge can be applied only before the trial on the merits, and conciliation of the parties – at any stage of consideration and resolution of the case. It is noted that the existing legal regulation of alternative ways of resolving customs disputes needs to be updated, harmonized and systematized. In order to ensure effective functioning of alternative methods of resolving customs disputes in Ukraine, it is proposed at the legislative level to provide that in addition to administrative and judicial procedures, customs disputes may also be resolved using alternative methods and regulate pre-trial and judicial alternatives.

“Alternative Appeal” and “Administrative Appeal” as Scientific Categories in the Context of State Registration Appealing Procedure

The article deals with categories of “alternative appeal” and “administrative appeal” in domestic and foreign legal doctrine, as well as under the prism of the appealing procedure in the field of state registration. The author emphasizes that etymologically the problem is to determine the legal nature of the procedure for appealing against decisions, actions or inaction in the field of state registration of real estate and business: whether it is alternative, administrative or mixed. The researcher comprehensively uses the methods of comparative law and philology, so this research is intersectoral and interdisciplinary. The article also analyzes the general state of modern jurisprudence’s categorical apparatus by studying some scientific definitions of “alternative appeal” and “administrative appeal” terms to determine the essence of an out-of-court appeal in the field of state registration procedure. The author explores different interpretations of such a term as “alternative appeal” in the institutional context of administrative law and administrative process. The scientific paper notes the existence of scientific concepts on the synonymy of such terms as “alternative appeal”, “extrajudicial appeal”, “pre-trial appeal”, “non-traditional appeal”. The researcher considers some scientific interpretations of administrative appeal in the context of Ukrainian system of administrative services’ historical and social reforming. The article also lists the basic principles of an out-of-court appealing procedure in the field of state registration as well as it has signs of alternative and administrative appeal mechanisms. There is information about the competence and positive features of special advisory structures of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and its territorial offices – boards that consider complaints against illegal decisions, actions or inaction of administrative service providers in the field of state registration. The author summarizes that the procedure for appealing against decisions, actions or inaction of state registrars is extrajudicial, administrative and alternative (alternative to litigation).

«Ecological» School of Electoral Research: Formation, Current State and Prospects of Development

Purpose: to reveal the peculiarities of the formation of «ecological» (contextual, spatial) school of electoral research, characterization of its current state and determine the prospects for the development of this area of electoral studies. The results of the study: it was shown that the formation of the «ecological» school is associated with the expansion of the electoral corps in Western European countries in the second half of the nineteenth century in connection with the introduction of universal suffrage, as well as the strengthening of the role of elections in the political life of Western countries on the basis of representative democracy; determined that the predecessors of the «ecological» direction of electoral research were statistical scientists E. Engel and O. Fokardi, who studied electoral statistics through the prism of political and geographical approach; it is established that the founder of the «ecological» school of electoral research is A. Siegfried, who proposed a contextual («ecological») model of voting analysis, where the key factor determining the electoral position of the voter and his electoral behavior is the environment in which the voter is; proved that the institutionalization of the «ecological» school of electoral research is associated with the activities of F. Gogel, who formulated the basic credo of «ecologicalists» – any research in the field of electoral behavior should be based on comparing election results and factors that may explain these results; it is traced that the further development of the «ecological» school in the second half of the twentieth century – the beginning of the twenty-first century carried out by P. Bois, R. Aron, M. Dogan, R. Heberle, J. Sartori, G. Tingsten, and others. Conclusions: «ecological» (contextual, spatial) school of electoral research is mainly applied; it focuses on the development of statistical methods for the study of aggregated quantitative data for prognostic purposes; political and geographical approach to the analysis of voting results allows to identify spatial changes in voter behavior; prospects of «ecological» approach to the study of electoral behavior are associated with a combination of classical methods of «ecologicalists» with various techniques of applied analysis (including qualitative).

Standards of Proof as a Component of Procedural Fairness

The question of the searching for fairness in the different areas of our life is still being important in modern world. Fairness may have different manifestations, which complicates it’s one unambiguous interpretation. Such situation are needed the endless seek of the practical fairness in the every individual administrative cases for the harmonious development of the entire judicial system, which determines the relevance of the study. The aim of the article to create the knowledge about the role of the standards of proof in it’s ability to get closer to the fairness during the evaluation of the evidence as the last stage of administrative procedural proving . During the research general scientific methods were used, including analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, abstraction, concretization, analogy, systemstructural method. A number of special methods were also used: the hermeneutic method for understanding and interpreting legal norms ; terminological and systematic methods to characterize the principle of justice; the axiological method helped to analyze justice as a universal value; the functional method helped to identify the function and role of the standards of proof in the way of establishing fairness in the evaluation of evidence in the administrative process. The logic of the presentation of the studied material. The ability of the fairness to correlate with the the principle of pluralism of truth were established. The fact that historical origins of universal values are not important for their consolidation at the level of fundamental principles of law were proved. The importance to adherence of the principle of justice not only in lawmaking but also in law enforcement were researched. The place of the standards of proof to be an important component of procedural (procedural) justice were detected Conclusions. Standards of proof contribute to the achievement of the justice’s ideals as they serve as a guide for the judge in the distribution and execution of the burden of proof. The higher the value of a certain value for society, the higher the standard of proof used and vice versa.

Firearms and Related Crimes in Poland and Selected European Countries

This article is based on an overview of the legislation on access to firearms in Poland and European countries, as well as an overview of the figures on the number of gun crime. The aim of the article is to present the regulations governing access to firearms in Poland and selected European countries.

Information Provision of Fire Safety in the Aspect of Social Governance with the Unified State System of Civil Protection

The topic’s urgency is due to the need to improve the mechanisms of information security of fire safety in terms of management of a unified state system of civil protection, the need to give priority to the processes of informatization of management in ensuring civil protection of Ukraine. The Constitution of Ukraine recognizes man, his life and health, honour and dignity, inviolability and security as the highest social value. The establishment and protection of human rights and freedoms is the main duty of the state. In view of this, one of the priorities of state policy is to protect the population from fires and ensure appropriate fire safety measures. Information activities are considered as a necessary component of the organization of public administration in the field of civil protection and the work of management and specialists, the implementation of tasks directly related to the regulation of security processes. The focus on the issues of information support of civil protection, in particular fire safety, is determined by the fact that in modern conditions the need to strengthen the effectiveness of state control measures in this area is of particular importance. The main approaches to solving the problems of improving the management of the unified state system of civil protection, its information and legal support are outlined. It is emphasized that the regulation of the social sphere is one of the main functions of the state. In the social sphere of the state, civil protection has such functions as political and legal. Emphasis is placed on the use of positive experience of European countries, which have implemented preventive measures based on a risk-oriented approach that is directly related to information security of fire safety. The need to improve the information and legal support of the processes of implementation of strategic objectives of protection of national interests of Ukraine in the field of civil protection is taken into account. It is emphasized that in modern conditions the implementation of an effective information policy during emergencies of man-made, social and natural nature is of particular importance. It is recognized that it is impossible to ignore threats in the field of national security of Ukraine, the need to monitor emergencies, which due to the causes and scale of spread are not limited to the borders of one state. Emphasis is placed on the mechanisms of information response of Ukraine to emergencies of this scale, as well as the fact that the mechanism of crisis response and management should be supported by various institutional and procedural mechanisms within unified information system, Crisis Platform, which may be activated during threats, and provide an immediate response to them. Fire safety information is related to the problem of timely response to threats arising from crises (civil and military) outside it.

International Legal Adjusting of Providing of Aviation Safety: The State and Prospects of Development Within the Framework of General Theoretical Research

The article deals with crimes against air transport, which can be divided into two groups: seizures of aircraft and other crimes against civil aviation safety. The normative and legal definition of the classification of international crimes, disagreement in legal qualification and terminological definition of these crimes under the legislation of foreign states, as well as the lack of practical application of legal norms of conventions in combating international crimes, in part of the extradition, creates certain difficulties for the legislation. further extradition of persons hiding from investigation and court in a foreign state. In the crime of international character, similar to the internal state, the composition of the crime of international character is allocated, which is a set of objective and subjective features, based on which individuals attracted to criminal responsibility. But it should be noted that the elements of the crime of international character do not always coincide with elements of a crime in domestic criminal law. Basic normative acts aimed at providing aviation safety, operate on three levels: global level (International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), basic documents: Crimes Convention and some other acts committed on board aircraft (Tokyo, 1963) ; Convention on the fight against illegal capture of aircraft (GAAGA, 1971); Convention on the fight against illegal acts directed against the safety of civil aviation (Montreal, 1971); Protocol on the fight against acts of violence at airports serving civil aviation (Montreal, 1988, complements the Montreal Convention in 1971); Convention on the marking of plastic explosives in order to detect (Montreal, 1991); Convention on the fight against illegal acts concerning international civil aviation (Beijing, 2010) ; regional level (European Aviation Security Agency (EASA), European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC), European and North Atlantic Bureau of ICAO (Paris), Found Documents – Politics of the European Civil Aviation Conference in Aviation Safety; National Level – State Aviation Administration (SAA), Basic Documents: Air Code of Ukraine of 19.05.2011, Law of Ukraine “On the State Program of Aviation Safety of Civil Aviation” dated 20.02.2003, Order of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine No. 390 dated May 11, 2007, instructions for assessing the risk of security of civil aviation of Ukraine.

Directions of Improving the Efficiency of the System of Measures of General Social Prevention of Terrorist Acts in the Ukraine

The article is devoted to improving the effectiveness of the system of measures of general social prevention of terrorist acts at the national, regional and local levels. It was emphasized that the prevention of terrorist acts at the national, regional and local levels is a key area that allows the most humane, with the least harm to the state and society, to address the problem of combating this phenomenon. The content of «general social prevention of terrorist acts» is revealed. It is proposed to understand «general social prevention of terrorist acts» as a system of measures that promotes the anti-criminogenic potential of the state, society and all institutions, and most importantly – the formation of a positive criminological situation, improving security of life and reducing existing terrorist threats. It is concluded that the system of measures of general social prevention of terrorist acts at the national, regional and local levels should be built to taking into account all financial and resource opportunities and specifics of specific administrative-territorial units, as well as: should be targeted, planned and systemic. settlement; should affect almost all spheres of society; should be aimed at neutralizing criminogenic factors in the of the environment that affect the emergence and implementation of terrorist acts, through the consolidated efforts of all, without exception, the subjects of preventive activities; Competent entities must take into account the territorial and spatial specifics of a particular settlement (its natural resources, historical features of the economy, proximity to the border, level of economic development, ethnic composition of the population, etc.); Competent entities should take into account the architectural design and planning of individual urban planning facilities, which will help to establish effective control over the state of public safety and public order, as well as prevent terrorist attacks; should cover a range of: socio-economic, political, ideological, organizational and managerial, psychological and educational, legal, informational and socio-cultural activities. It is proved that the activity of local self-government bodies, which promote the implementation of targeted and comprehensive programs to improve the security of the entire population and reduce the level of existing threats, including terrorist, is of particular importance in the development and implementation of social measures to prevent terrorist acts at the local and regional levels.

Representation of National Minorities of Poland in the Bodies of State Power

The question of the participation of all the public groups of the country in representative bodies of all levels is relevant to any state. However, the most difficult task is to represent the representative body of interests of national minorities. Different countries have come up with a different solution to this issue. The problem of the representation of national minorities in the authorities is for both traditionally multi-ethnic states and for countries that are reasonably homogeneous in the ethnic plan. This problem will persist as long as there are nations, nationalities, national minorities. People always seek to identify themselves with a particular community, and national identification is the most acceptable. The threat of assimilation of national minorities greatly enhances the desire to preserve its national identity, which always goes into the area of political relations and the need for political decision-making. This article analyzes the current problem of representation of national minorities in the legislative bodies of the Republic of Poland. The aim of the study was to analyze the participation of minority groups in the political (in particular, electoral) process of the state through the formation of ethnic elites and ethnopolitical parties. To complete the selected topic, the following tasks were set: to substantiate the place and the role of national minorities in the socio-political life of the state, to analyze the creation of political parties by individual national minorities and their participation in parliamentary and municipal elections. It is concluded that at the present stage all nationalities living in Poland are disproportionately represented in the state legislative bodies.

Parliamentarism in the Context of Political Transit: The Czech Republic’s Experience

For the first time in the Ukrainian political science, considers the development of parliamentarism in the Czech Republic in a context of political transit in a comprehensive manner. It indicates the ambiguity and complexity of the process of parliamentary democracy’s functioning in the country. The main stages of the Czech parliamentary institutions’ establishment have been identified. The key tendencies and the peculiarities of the current Czech parliamentarism modernisation have been defined. The constitutional and legal status of the Parliament of the Czech Republic has been outlined and its place in the existing checks and balances system determined; the Czech Parliament party structuring characteristics have been determined and the most important factors of the coalition formation potential of parliamentary fractions have been revealed; based on the empirical indicators, the party system’s stability and efficiency in the Czech Republic have been investigated. The fundamental principles of the liberal parliamentarism concept (Ch.L.Montesquieu, John Locke, John Mill) have served as the theoretical and methodological basis for these article, which considers the power division to be the main principle of the state system, in which the executive power is accountable and subject to the legislative power. In order to achieve the tasks, the author used general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction) as well as special politilogical methods. The methods of induction and deduction have been used in formulating the concept of “political transit” and its constituent elements. The comparativehistorical method gave the defender of the thesis the opportunity to understand the main directions of parliamentary institutions’ development at different historical stages of the Czech statehood and identify the factors that influenced the change in their status. The system method allowed to assess the constitutional and legal status of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, primarily its place and role in the political system of society and the relationship with other bodies of state power. On the whole, we can assume that the experience of the parliamentarism functioning in the Czech Republic is of great practical significance for Ukraine and other post-communist states, since it gives a stimulus to the society and ruling elites of these countries to further improve and develop their political institutions.

«Political Type» of an Active Woman in the Pages of Polish Women’s Magazines in Lviv «Ster», «Przedświt», «Ziarno»

The urgency of the topic of the scientific article is due to modern political science, gender and national studies of women’s movements in European countries, including the Polish women’s movement, which began and developed in Lviv, along with the Ukrainian women’s movement. The aim of the article is to analyze and review the issues of Polish women’s magazines published in Lviv in the XIX century in order to clarify the main topics, conscious paradigms of the Polish women’s movement, value concepts of Polish women’s periodicals, transformation of views on women’s political role in traditional societyб her participation in public and state life through radical journalism. The scientific article analyzes the negative stereotypes about the traditional role of women in public life on the example of Polish women’s magazines «Ster», «Przedświt» and «Ziarno», published in Lviv in the XIX century. It was found that the traditional views on the role of women are outdated, while the pages of Polish women’s magazines promote: women’s education, self-education, creative realization of women as individuals. The traditional formula for women in society, which has been reduced to marriage and the birth of children, has been criticized for being superficial. In the columns of Polish women’s publications of the 19th century in Lviv, a significant place was given to women’s education and the formation of national and political education, which indicates the «serious» nature of these publications rather than the entertainment that dominated Polish women’s periodicals. In the articles of Polish women’s publications of the early twentieth century, a new type of woman is formed − the «political type» of a woman who is not indifferent to the political life of her people and her country. It is this feature that characterizes women’s periodicals as the political dominant in the materials of magazines. Research methods. The study used a set of general and special methods: the method of conceptual analysis in determining the Polish women’s movement; thematic analysis in determining the main topics of the publications «Ster», «Przedświt» and «Ziarno»; synthesis in the study of methods and forms of strug- gle of active women for their political rights. Results and conclusions. The active political role of a woman-citizen is a conscious concept of the Polish women’s press, which was expressed in debunking active women of negative stereotypes about the passivity of women.

Music of the “Anthem of Ukraine” by M. Verbytsky in the Words of P. Chubynsky: Spiritual Symbols

The study is devoted to the main musical symbol of the Ukrainian people. It is revealed that the work has a high prophetic symbolism regarding the evolutionary development of the country. The method of analysis of the spiritual content of melodies helps to identify a systematic objectification of its potential, based on the category of “spiritual reality”, and is considered from a musicological point of view. The melody reveals a symphonic technique of proto-intonation development. The genre basis of the melody is prayer. The system reproduces the basis of musical drama of Ukrainian folklore. The method of microminiature art, typical of Ukrainian folk masters, is embodied. The methodological basis helps to focus on the development of the sacredness of space-time content. The program potential of this work is able to lead the transformation of the spiritual state of man. Sacred symbols are placed in the center of energy development. The music conveys the idea of a renewed pulse. The people recognize Nature as the Temple in which man exists. The world of spirituality is sanctified by its living perception. The music of the “Anthem of Ukraine” perfectly combines the world and consciousness of people who woke up from eternal slavery. The melody contains courage and tenderness, firmness of spirit and faith in a good awareness of Truth and Joy. The cosmic law of consonance, the law of analogy is embodied. In the microstructure of the thematic core of the melody there is a point and its energy “engine” – dotted rhythm, a microelement of the iambic foot of the One Whole, which serve as two symbolic parameters of the formed core of themes. They perform in the energy layer the fundamental microfunction of the level of the heart, the function of the highest prayer to the Spirit, which helps the manifestation of spiritual consciousness in the density of the musical structure. the masculinity of the major is affirmed and ends with the gentle, feminine softness of the parallel minor, which indicates the systematic fluctuations of their paired periodicity in melodic-syntactic structures. A peculiar system of expressive symbolism of artistic and figurative drama of Ukrainian folklore, a reflection of the powerful genre of youth lyrics, the core of the spiritual greatness of culture, which is still preserved in the folk traditions of family education. The most popular image of the Mother of God is inspired by the Ukrainian prayer site, a sacred symbol of the famous icons “Protection of the Blessed Virgin” of the Zaporozhian Cossacks. The highest feminine principle encourages the protection of the male community, the whole nation, endows the Almighty with an effective symbol of patriotism, covers with its omophorion, gathers an army of men on the battlefield, the sanctity of monasticism, which protects spiritually. Intuitively and intelligently, the composer-priest conveyed that the invisible Hierarchy of Light stood up for the protection of hearts that dream and know of dignity and honor, honesty and spiritually high justice in the reality of earthly existence.

Cepelix on the Central Square. Citizens of Nowa Huta as folk arts & crafts creators

The goal of this paper is to expose and analyze the contemporary folklore of the industrial discrit of Kraków called Nowa Huta. „City without God”, how it was created and named, played a significant role in the Polish resistant movement during communist times. Stories of that period are crucial for Nowa Huta citizens, first of all for their indentity, but also for district’s image and marketing. Since the post-war times there is a shop „Cepelia” placed in Central Square of Ronald Reagan in Nowa Huta, Kraków. CPLiA (Centrala Przemysłu Ludowego i Artystycznego, what means: Headquarters of the Folk and Artistic Industry) all the communist period long was govermental branch responsible for folk arts & crafts. In fact it was a huge buissnes employing over 20 000 people to design, create and sell folk art which pleased the socialist party. The shop in Nowa Huta was one connected to this network, however after political transformation in 90s of 20th centrury it changed as well. Cepelia became Cepelix. Nowadays (research was conducted in 2014 and 2022) one can find there some folk art, but also modern design connected to the district indentity and history. Paper contains an analysys of this new assortment and tryies to answer the question is it possible to treat it as a folklore as well as the other items being sold there?