From the History of the State Regulation of Public Relations in the Forest Sector in the Irkutsk Province at the Turn of the 19th-20th Centuries

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the content and application of the law of the Russian Empire of the second half of the XIX — early XX centuries, regulating public relations in the forest sphere, the operating features of one of the most important institutions of nature management in the Irkutsk province, such as legal responsibility for violations of forest legislation, are considered. The foundation of this institution is an important manifestation of the formation of the environmental law system in the region. The conclusion about the general positive results of the spread of the all-Russian legislation to the territory of the Baikal region during this period is made. The regional features of the institution of legal responsibility for violations in the field of forest law are stated with the priority of its compensatory and regulatory functions. The increasing role of forestry departments as structures that carry out prosecution (in comparison with the judicial system), as well as the practice of administrative procedure for resolving cases of violations and imposing monetary penalties on violators, is emphasized.