The Purpose and Efficiency of State Governance in the Area of Protection and Use of the Animal World: Legal Values of Administrative Law

Abstract

Introduction . In accordance with the Russian Federation state policy on environmental development, the preservation of biodiversity is declared one of the conditions for ensuring environmental protection and environmental safety. The animal world is an integral part of biological diversity and, accordingly, is one of the essentials for solving the tasks and achieving the goals of pro-ecological development. At the same time, according to the basic principles of the national economic policy, the establishment of excessive environmental requirements is determined as the risk for the economic progress. Thus, environmental protection is not an ultimate value and environmental requirements should be set at the level that does not hinder the economic growth. The study aims to analyse the objective and subjective nature of the purpose of legal regulation and the administrative law efficiency in the area of protection and use of the animal world objects. To reach the above aim the definition of concept and distinguishing the features of the purposes of legal regulation, as the legal value of the administrative law, was made; the same as the specification of the legal support efficiency criteria of the animal world objects’ protection and use. Materials and Methods. The methodological framework used in the article includes a set of philosophical, general scientific and specific scientific methods of cognition (analysis, synthesis, concrete historical, logical method, etc.). Results . The main result of the study is provision of the doctrinal definition of the purpose of legal regulation of faunal legal relationships and the evaluation criteria of the state governance efficiency in the area of protection and use of the animal world objects. Discussion and Conclusions. The article is useful for educational activity of law universities and faculties and for the activity of executive authorities of the subjects of the Russian Federation. The proposals and recommendations developed by the author in the course of research are advised to be used as the theoretical basis for conducting and organising the scientific projects on the topic of state governance in the area of protection and use of the animal world.