Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The article describes the history of the creation and evolution of the institution of the Commission of the European Community (Community) in the second half of the XX century. Since the beginning of Western European integration this structure has played one of the key roles in the Community and continues to play now within the framework of the European Union. The relevance of the topic is justified by the interest in the European Union as a whole as the most successful regional integration association at the moment, claiming to be one of the centers of the multipolar world. The main aim of the article is to identify the functions, place and role of the Commission in the European Community. Document analysis, narrative, historical and chronological methods were used as key methods of work. The article provides an overview of the key powers of the Commission, shows their changes under the influence of the process of development of Western European integration. Attention is paid to the presentation of the Commission as a supranational body. The article analyzes the provisions of the fundamental treaties of the European Community: Paris, Rome, Brussels and the Single European Act. Conclusions about the powers and significance of the Commission within the framework of the integration association are made on their basis.

Annotation: The subject of the research in this article is the consideration of issues of providing state and municipal services to citizens. The purpose of the work is to study the legal regulation and problems of providing state and municipal services to citizens. The following methods were used during the research: methods of observation, description and comparison. General scientific and special methods made it possible to build a system of arguments on the basis of which the author came to scientifically based conclusions. The results of the work are presented in the conclusion. The scope of the results: administrative and municipal law, provision of state and municipal services to citizens. The following conclusions were made as a result of the research: an individual (citizen) is proposed to be understood as a citizen who has civil legal capacity, the content of which implies, among other things, the right to engage in entrepreneurial) and any other activity not prohibited by law, which leads to the fact that an individual can produce goods, perform work and provide services and receive funds from the budget for this. In our opinion, it is obvious that the transformation of the budgetary and legal status of individuals occurs when they enter into budgetary legal relations in the cases and under the conditions provided for by the budget legislation of the Russian Federation.

Annotation: The article analyzes the concept of competence of local self-government bodies. The author considers the transformation of this category in the conditions of reforming the institution of local self-government. A comparative analysis of certain provisions of the current Federal Law “On the general principles of the organization of local self-government in the Russian Federation” from October 6, 2003, and the draft law “On the general principles of the organization of local self-government in the unified system of public authority” submitted to the State Duma is carried out. The problems of defining issues of local importance at different stages of the development of legislation on local self-government are considered. Questions are raised about the need for a clear consolidation of the competence of local self-government bodies in order to optimally organize the activities of the entire state apparatus. The conclusion is made about the systemic transformation of local self-government in the Russian Federation, affecting both the territorial organization of local self-government and the procedure for determining the competence of local self-government bodies. The methodological basis of the presented work was: the comparative legal method; formal-legal method; general scientific methods of cognition.

Annotation: The article describes the political relations arising during the transition from the Soviet (socialist) to the Russian (democratic) system based on the 1977 USSR Constitution and 1993 RF Constitution. Structural and functional changes in constitutional law in our country led to the fact that the “political space” began to be actively used to commit anti-state actions, in particular, for the spread of Western ideologies and morality. A comparative analysis of the historical and current state of the political system in Russia is provided in the scientific article, as well the formative and meaningful signs of the evolution of the constitutional mechanism are outlined. The author analyzed the constitutional practice on the issue under consideration: the main components of the transformed political system of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation (sources of power, the head of state, the highest legislative, executive and judicial power, federal structure) are considered, similar (hereditary) features and characteristics of each of them are identified.

Annotation: An active development of regulation of economic and legal features of many industry activities occurs at the present, and the activities of self-regulatory organizations are becoming increasingly important. In modern conditions it is not the state that is responsible for the poor-quality work of most firms but self-regulatory organizations endowed with some control and supervisory functions. In this regard study of forming and development of self-regulating organizations in Russia has particular value in rapidly changing market conditions since it allows us to identify the prerequisites for the forming of self-regulation institution, its origin, specificities of action at present as well as to predict its further development. The article discusses the main milestones of the origin and development of self-regulating organizations institution in Russia from ancient times to the present, the main stages of its legal consolidation and regulation. The research uses general scientific, formal and logical methods of cognition. The author comes to the conclusion that analyzed institution has a centuries-old history; the main stages of its genesis are determined by the socio-political conditions of the development of the state.