Historical and legal principles of formation of the system of legal regulation of document flow in Ukraine

Abstract

The article emphasizes that information is of extraordinary value. It is stated that actions related to the circulation of informationrequire its material consolidation, and the document is considered as material consolidation of information. It is noted that the informationfixed on the material carrier becomes an information product, and the relations arising concerning creation, transfer (movement),storage, destruction of documents, ie relations within document circulation demand their legal regulation.The article presents the most important for science achievements of scientists who studied the document flow and analyzed thehistorical and legal aspects of its formation in Ukraine. It is noted that nowadays scientists pay little attention to the study of the docu -ment as a separate category, do not analyze existing definitions, do not pay attention to the characteristics of the document. It is establishedthat the issue of historical and legal bases of formation of the system of legal regulation of document circulation in Ukraine isconsidered fragmentarily and superficially. Arguments are made in favor of the fact that the document is a material carrier of information,an object created by man in a certain period of time; object of study of various scientific disciplines, the concept of “document”is ambiguous and depends on in what field and for what it is used; it is emphasized that office work plays an important role in the legalsphere.It is proved that today it is extremely important to improve the document management system. It is noted that the issues of creatingand working with personnel documents are partially regulated by labor legislation, financial and economic – the Commercial Codeof Ukraine, documents of the private legal sphere – the Civil Code of Ukraine, documents containing information about the crime – theCriminal Code of Ukraine, accounting documents – in laws Of Ukraine on accounting, documentation of citizens ‘appeals and organizationof work with these documents are detailed in the Law of Ukraine “On Citizens’ Appeals”. The procedure for working with confidentialdocuments that constitute a state secret is considered in the Law of Ukraine “On State Secrets”, the features of working withelectronic documents are disclosed in the laws of Ukraine “On electronic documents and electronic document management”, “On electronictrust services”, etc; emphasizes the need to develop domestic counterparts of international standards for working with documents;it is proposed to adopt special regulatory and administrative documentation that would regulate the implementation of managementactivities.