Vol 3, No 2 (2017)

The most important Institute of international law – «the law

of war» was formed in the Russian state from the first years of its

emergence by force of timocratic nature of the state. The

development of international relations of Ancient Rus is confirmed

by the first written international treaties with Byzantium, where

some elements of this concept were presented. With the development

of state under the influence of geopolitical, religious and other

factors follows further evolution of this institution and its

establishment in other sources of Russian law, such as international

treaties, article lists, monuments of law and others.

In this paper election legislation of Chile is viewed, principles

of its construction, history of formation and modern state are also

viewed, evaluation of plus and minus sides of this state legislative

provisions is given in comparison with the native provisions

of election legislation.

The article reviews some aspects of nature of consumer’s legal

status. It is noted that the consumer is generally viewed as the

weaker party of property relations. The criteria elaborated by the

doctrine which are the cornerstone of the consumer’s recognition

as the weaker party to the relations are critically evaluated. The

author gives grounds for his conclusion that the fixing of the

consumer’s legal status as the weaker party is based upon the

differences of interests of the parties to the consumer relations. It

is indicated that the phenomenon of consumer’s interest and the

mechanism of its realisation require complex research.

In the article the author analyzes problem of determining essential

condition of consumer credit agreement, i.e. its object, in which

quality acts money. At the same time the author pays special

attention to an ambiguous understanding of this category.

In particular, that electronic money can be cash.

In this article, the grounds for conclusion of a fixed-term

employment contract are considered (mandatory for the time of

the performance of duties of the absent employee, performance

of temporary, seasonal work, with persons sent to work abroad,

etc.). Examples are given from judicial practice concerning

guarantees provided to employees when concluding fixed-term

employment contracts. In the publication, in order to protect the

rights of employees, a number of measures are proposed, including

those on the improvement of legal regulation in this sphere.

In the article the author analysed the features of statutory

provision, specially highlighted on the base of existing law theories

definitions of statutory provision. The author gives his own opinion

about the need or absence of need of highlighted features of statutory

provision, points out the difference between terms «rule of law»

and «statutory provision», given his own definition of statutory

provision in its social and legal aspects.

In the article questions of ratio of a search and a seizure as

independent investigative actions are considered. Comparison of

standards of the criminal procedure law, determination of the

purpose, an order of production and the fixing of a search and a

seizure is carried out, the general signs of the specified investigative

actions, and investigative situations where they are carried out are

allocated. Based on the analysis of informative and tactical factors

of a search and a seizure the defining criteria of their differentiation

are designated.

Legal personality is traditionally developed within the framework

of the science of the theory of state and law and civil law. The

article notes the intensification of research on civil procedural,

arbitration procedural personality. The relevance of the research

of the category «legal personality» in relation to criminal procedural

legal relations is substantiated. A conclusion is made about its

theoretical and practical significance in criminal proceedings.

In this article, the mediation procedure is considered as nonjudicial

activities aimed at resolving a legal dispute; substantiates

the understanding of mediation activities as civil activities, not

procedural. The lawyers may act as mediators in a mediation that

raises a number of legal issues associated with combining two

separate statuses – the status of the lawyer and the status of the

mediator. The article outlines these practical problems and ways

of their solution.

This article illustrates the issue of the termination of children’s

citizenship adopted by foreign citizens. The state loses the possibility

to participate in the protection of rights and interests of an adopted

child, if it allows children to renunciation of citizenship of the

Russian Federation on the application by adoptive parents. Author

particularly analyses the problem of the re-adoption of children

by same-sex unions and proposes to ban the termination of

citizenship of children on the application by adoptive parents.

In this article the author reveals the influence of energy law to

ensure the economic security of the Russian Federation.

The issues of correlation between the concepts of economic security

and energy security are touched upon.

The review is made on the author’s abstract of thesis submitted

to the protection 12.05.2017 on the meeting of Dissertation Defense

Committee D 220.038.11 at Kuban State Agrarian University.

In the review basic strengths and shortcomings of the author’s

abstract are reflected.