The concept of the territory of the federal territory ‘Sirius’

The article provides an analysis of the concept of the federal territory from the position of the constituents of the legal regime of the said territory, which includes both public-legal and private-legal regulation. The findings of the study suggest that a proposal should be put forward to improve the territorial composition of the federal territory and to include the territorial sea in the part necessary to achieve the goals of the creation of a federal territory.

Fundamentals of paperless court records management in the Russian Federation

The authors of the article, based on the analysis of the implemented and planned changes in court records management, as well as the opinions of process scientists and practitioners, propose to introduce the concept of paperlessness into scientific and business circulation. This concept implies the rejection of paper media in court proceedings due to their replacement with paperless ones. The advantages of paperlessness, the stages of transition to it and the types of documents, depending on how they are designed and used, are highlighted.

Indicators of the effectiveness of higher legal education: the activities of the teaching staff

The article considers the qualitative characteristics of the current state and development of higher legal education through the prism of professional activities of participants in the educational process. The main approaches to the establishment of criteria and indicators of professional activity of the teaching staff are highlighted. Promising directions of modernization of indicators of functioning of the educational organization are offered. The authors emphasize that the transparency and objectivity of indicators of the functioning of law schools and research and teaching staff can act as a vector for the modernization of higher education in general.

On the question of the signs of administrative Discretion

In legal science, the issue of judicial enforcement discretion seems to be the most studied, at the same time, the study of administrative law enforcement discretion does not cease to be relevant in view of its special specifics. The article attempts to highlight and analyze the essential characteristics of administrative discretion. According to the author, it is necessary to highlight and scientifically analyze a number of essential characteristics of administrative discretion: administrative discretion is a process of activities to select an optimal law enforcement decision by a subject of law, as well as the result of this activity; the presence in the legislation of legal mechanisms for limiting administrative discretion; implementation of administrative discretion in the application of measures of state coercion; administrative discretion is the best option for the balance between legality and expediency; the presence of freedom in the activities of the law enforcement body; the intellectual-volitional internal process of the subject of law applying. On the basis of the above, it is concluded that additional research is needed on the effectiveness of judicial control over the administrative discretion of state bodies

Problems of evaluating the testimony of persons in criminal cases against accomplices

The article examines the problem of using the testimony of accomplices in a criminal case in proving evidence. The article reveals the specifics of approaches to resolving this issue in the practice of the courts of the Leningrad Region, as well as the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation; conclusions are drawn about possible ways to ensure effective protection of the defendant in modern criminal proceedings. The actual problems of evaluating the testimony of interested witnesses are investigated.

Artificial land plot as a real estate object

The article deals with the concept of an artificial land plot and critically analyzes its legislative definition. The author establishes the correlation of the concepts ‘artificial land plot’, ‘artificial island’, ‘hydraulic engineering structure’. A proposal is made to eliminate the reference of an artificial land plot to constructions.

The manifestation of the phenomenon of correctionnalisation on criminal cases with future consideration by the court in a particular order

The author draws attention to the following regularity based on the analysis of judicial and investigative practice. In criminal cases in which the investigator or inquirer predicts the trial in a special order, there is often a correction, that is, intentionally incorrect qualification of the actions of the accused in the direction of their reduction. The article discusses in detail the causes and consequences of these situations. Attention is also drawn to the phenomenon that differs from correctionalization — the qualification of what the suspect/accused did as a less serious crime, due to the lack of a solid evidence base that indicates guilt in a more serious crime than he is charged with.

Legislative initiatives on regulation of a criminal offense in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation: a critical analysis

The article analyzes legislative initiatives of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on introduction of the criminal offense concept in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. Supporting the striving of the supreme judicial authority for humanization of criminal laws, the author notes that the proposed criminal law mechanisms and means of reaching this goal contradict the conceptual origins of Russian criminal laws, deform the basic branch institutions

The main directions of improving the legal policy to ensure information security in the context of globalization

The article reveals the problems of ensuring information security in the context of modern globalization of international life, high rates of development of technical and information resources. The relevance of optimization of tools in the field of information security is noted. The priority role is given to the improvement of criminal and other sectoral legislation aimed at prevention, prevention, counteraction to crimes and offenses in the field of computer information. Particular importance in the field of information security is given to the criminallegal regulation of objects of criminal-legal protection. Close attention is paid to the issues of detection, disclosure and accurate legal assessment of crimes and offenses implemented in cyberspace. The importance of the international community in setting universal standards for information security is emphasized.

Some problems of the implementation of the constitutional right of citizens to appeal to state authorities and local self-government bodies

The article deals with some problems of citizens realization of the right to appeal to state authorities and local self-government bodies. The authors draw conclusions about the need to clarify the theoretical basis of citizens ‘appeals, to fix in the federal legislation a clearer classification of the types of citizens’ appeals. Also, based on judicial practice and statistical data, the authors come to the conclusion that it is necessary to establish administrative responsibility not only for violating the procedure for considering citizens’ appeals, but also for the formal approach of officials when preparing responses to appeals.