Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The potential of the analogy of law, which made it possible to find new forms and methods of interaction with litigants, was actively developing in the conditions of the pandemic. The article reveals some problems of the functioning of the judicial systems of the studied countries in order to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of this experience. The task of the study is a brief review of the experience of civil proceedings in the context of a pandemic on the example of Australia and China, consideration of certain aspects of the digitalization of justice. The purpose of the study is to highlight the practical proposals of foreign jurisdictions to increase the accessibility of justice, to reflect the advantages and disadvantages of the experience gained in modernizing approaches to the use of information technology. Methodological basis is the formal legal method, comparative legal method, as well as general scientific methods of cognition. The analysis of foreign experience of working in a crisis situation allows us to formulate ideas for the future, highlighted by the conditions of the pandemic and requiring public discussion. It is significant that a number of mechanisms of the two independent systems proposed for implementation have common fundamental features: the transition to the active use of videoconferencing, including with parties located abroad, the availability of mechanisms for suspending procedural deadlines during the pandemic.

Annotation: Medieval Serbia and Bosnia were in direct contact with Western Europe and Byzantium. Bosnia was part of Rascia (Serbia) until the middle of the 10th century, and since then it has embarked on the path of independent development. At that time, Bosnia was under Byzantine domination, and later, by virtue of Hungary, Western influence prevailed. Both Western and Byzantine influences are visible in medieval Serbia. Since the time of Stefan Nemanja and his son Sava (Saint Sava), Byzantine influence has prevailed. The dual, Western and Byzantine influences on medieval Serbia and Bosnia will be presented through the analysis of four issues: state system, social organization, the penal system and the spiritual (ecclesiastical) area.

Annotation: The article describes the legal risks of digitalization of the work of public officials, identifies the types of public service subject to digitalization, gives the concept of civil service, investigates the introduction of digital technologies into the procedure for candidates appointments. The author concludes that it is necessary to improve legislation based solely on the specifics of professional official activities and the status of public officials engaged in official activities. It is concluded that digitalization transforms decision-making processes, the introduction of “digital government” technology, the provision of civil services through Internet platforms and the digitalization of lawmaking.

Annotation: This paper discusses the main stages of the legitimization of the bureaucratic apparatus in Russia in the first half of the XIXth century. The author‘s purpose is to analyze the political measures of the Russian government aimed at modernizing the structure, organization and activities of the bureaucracy at both the central and local levels during this period. This topic is relevant in the context of increasing public interest in the efficiency of the functioning of the state apparatus of Russia and its improvement. The historical experience of the authorities in the organization, regulation, as well as the quantitative and qualitative development of domestic bureaucracy deserves attention. As the main results, the author formulates the requirements for officials that have developed at the legislative level. It is concluded that by the middle of the XIXth century, the bureaucratic apparatus had become one of the main forces in the state and society of Russia.

Annotation: The article discusses the session of the State Assembly (Sabor) held in 1389, after the battle of Kosovo, the death of Prince Lazar and great losses. The Assembly, headed by Princess Milica, who ruled in the name of the underage Prince Stefan, decided to subjugate the country to Sultan Bayazid and to let him marry Princess Olivera, Stefan’s sister. The author analyzes the few available sources that mention this Assembly, and the significance of its decisions.