Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The procurement of goods, works and services for state and municipal needs affects the interests of a wide range of people. The article discusses ways to invalidate state and municipal contracts due to violations of procure- ment rules. The analysis of approaches to the recognition of state and municipal contracts as invalid is carried out by comparing the application of legislation in the field of procurement of goods, works and services and the norms of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The issue of improving legislation in the field of procurement of goods, works and services is raised in terms of including special grounds for invalidation of contracts. The author considers the established judicial practice based on general provisions on the invalidity of transactions, including approaches to invalidation of trades. Due to the fact that the implementation of state and municipal procurement affects a wide range of people, the author considers the issues of the application of restitution and convalidation of transactions. In the text of the article, the Russian Federation is abbreviated as RF.

Annotation: The purpose of the study is to consider the key foundations of jurisprudence, namely the elements of its structure, taking into account the changed geopolitical, internal political, civilizational and ideological and value conditions for the development of the modern Russian state and law. It is based on the understanding of legal consciousness, which has been developed in Soviet jurisprudence and become classical, as a certain set of ideas and feelings expressing the attitude of people, social communities (nations, people) to the current and desired law. Approaches to the structure of legal consciousness are analyzed, as a result of which prospects for the further development of the doctrine of legal consciousness and the heuristic potential of this complex socio-legal phenomenon are established. The author concludes that for modern Russia it is critically important to comprehensively take into account the sociocultural and theological conditions (factors) as well as legal mentality for the development of legal consciousness. These factors contributed to the forming of a unique legal consciousness of the conciliar Russian society, which in modern conditions nullifies all attempts to “instill” Western models of civil society and the rule of law into the domestic society.

Annotation: The article is devoted to topical issues of application of artificial intelligence technologies in the field of jurisprudence. In the modern world the technologies underlying artificial intelligence are beginning to play an increasingly prominent role in the process of digital transformation that is developing today in all areas of human life, including the field of law. The development and use of artificial intelligence technologies affects both the area of private and public law. It is extremely important to timely identify and legally resolve the possible risks and threats of the use of artificial intelligence technology, to prevent adverse consequences for an indefinite circle of persons in case of their unauthorized use. The purpose of the article is to identify areas of legal regulation of artificial intelligence in the field of jurisprudence, analyze gaps in the field of current legislation, as well as make proposals for optimizing the legal framework for the use of artificial intelligence. The article concludes about the natural development of the social process towards the use of artificial intelligence, due to the digital transformation of all socio-economic systems of society, reveals the risks of possible adverse consequences as a result of the uncontrolled use of artificial intelligence technologies, notes the need for legislative development of the use of artificial intelligence in the field of jurisprudence.

Annotation: The article examines the causal relationships of the impact of culture as a phenomenon and system on the emergence and evolution of new institutions in the political sphere of public relations. The author studies the cultural phenomenon, the laws by which it is created by society, acquires certain independent properties, adapts to a particular historical moment of time and space. The basis for case-crossover analysis of cultural changes that took place in Russia at a certain stage of development is the period of the late 19th and early 20th century, the experience of the Ryazan governorate in creating new political traditions and the forming of people’s representation in the State Duma of Russia. The author gives an assessment of the transactional impact of the accumulated experience of political phenomena of the initial stage of the development of forms of democracy on the present state and the implementation of this principle in the Russian state. Conclusions are formulated about the role of cultural heritage in the effective functioning of existing social institutions and governance mechanisms of the state.

Annotation: The article describes the main stages of the genesis of the bureaucratic apparatus in Russia in the XVIII century. The purpose of the author is to highlight the political activities of the Russian government aimed at establishing the structure, organization and activities of local officials in the specified period on the example of the Ryazan Governorate. This topic is relevant in the context of increasing public interest in the effectiveness of the functioning of the state apparatus of Russia and its enhancement. Noteworthy are the events of Peter I and especially Catherine II, which led to the formation of officialdom at the level of governorates and uyezds. On the basis of the material of primary sources, the author considers the creation of the system of local institutions. In conclusion, it is said that the provincial reform of 1775 created the legal basis for the forming of the local bureaucratic apparatus of Russia. This conclusion, in turn, leads to further research interest in order to draw historical parallels and a comparative analysis of the bureaucratic apparatus of Russia of past eras and the present.