Law of Ukraine in the conditions of war

Abstract

With the aim of scientific and practical analysis of the law of Ukraine in times of war, the article examines the peculiarities of legal regulation of the main spheres of life of the Ukrainian State and society during martial law. The author provides a quantitative and qualitative description of the law-making process in Ukraine. The author analyses the law-making activities of the Parliament – the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, as well as the system of basic by-laws adopted during the war years. It is concluded that Ukrainian law in wartime reflects the objective socio-political realities of the Ukrainian State and society which are in extremely difficult conditions of martial law. It is argued that over the past year, Ukrainian law has been functionally focused on solving the urgent tasks of defending Ukraine from armed aggression and on legal support for the functioning of public authorities and other state and public institutions in the context of war, in particular, through active and effective lawmaking activities covering all the most important socio-political areas with its regulatory influence. The topics of the adopted legal acts for the previous year refl ect the realities and priorities of the state in the context of war: defence, national security, judicial and law enforcement activities, human rights, economy and foreign policy, etc. The war has led to the adoption of regulatory legal acts which are classified as special legislation aimed at creating a legal basis for the national defence resistance, ensuring national security and law and order in times of war. The author proves that the war did not stop the European integration process in Ukraine. Thus, the legal acts called "European integration laws" were adopted. The author concludes that the law of Ukraine during the war years became not only the normative basis for Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, but also the legal basis for the future development of the Ukrainian state and society, in particular, in the context of Ukraine's future European integration aspirations. Key words: war, martial law, economy, European integration, legislation, national security, defence, post-war reconstruction, human rights, law, justice, lawmaking.