Journal headings
"Legal sciences"

Annotation: The article discusses approaches to the scientific and theoretical, legal and organizational-normative definition of corporate governance. Various points of view on the nature and essence of corporate governance are given, a generalized universal definition of corporate governance is formulated. The actual problems of legal and regulatory fixing of rules and standards in this area are revealed. It is noted that at the moment, along with the radical reform of corporate legislation, an active formation of “soft” (intra-firm) law is underway. The rules of “soft” internal corporate governance are enshrined in the statutes, standards, principles that have a recommendatory and not mandatory nature, which to some extent reduces the discipline of the administration and top managers of the company, reduces the degree of awareness, and guarantees and protection of investors, participants, members of corporations, in particular shareholders. In this regard, proposals are made for improving the regulatory framework for corporate governance and the development of corporate law.

Annotation: Within the framework of the presented work, basic issues of amicable agreement have been discussed. The choice of topic is conditioned by the value of amicable agreement, including, in the civil process the principle of disposability, which is most vividly expressed in the opportunity provided to the parties to complete an amicable dispute in the judicial proceedings.

Annotation: In the article the problems of application of article 127 of the Labour code of the Russian Federation in the part of the payment to the employee monetary compensation for all unused vacation at his dismissal arising after the ratification of the Federal act of 1 July 2010 No. 139-FZ of the Convention on paid leave (Convention No. 132) of the International labour organization.

Annotation: The article analyzes the rules governing the types and features of the criminal responsibility of minors. The author also identifies the distinctive signs of criminal r esponsibility of minors from the responsibility of adults.

Annotation: This article discusses issues related to the development of juvenile justice and alternative methods of justice in relation to juvenile offenders in a number of foreign countries. The analysis of the work of juvenile organs abroad. whose competence is to assist and realize the rights and interests of minors.