Federal Republic Research Articles

High-cellulose content of in-situ Miocene fossil tree stumps and trunks from Lusatia lignite mining district, Federal Republic of Germany

Second Miocene Seam Complex (2nd MFK; germ.: 2. Miozäner Flözkomplex) holds many in-situ, not permineralised fossil tree stumps and trunks with high-cellulose contents. The state of preservation of a set of in-situ fossil trees (Taxodioxylon cryptomerioides, Sciadopityoxylon wettsteinii, and Quasisequoioxylon piskowitzense) collected from three open-cast mines (Welzow-Süd, Meuro, and Piskowitz) in Lusatia lignite mining district, Federal Republic of Germany was investigated using a multi-method research schema.Examination of preservation state of thermally immature fossil woods revealed: (1) well-preserved (non-deformed, non-degraded, and non-flattened) textinite, (2) a retained structural integrity represented by multilayered (multi-zoned) cells with primary, secondary cell wall, and middle lamella, (3) microfracturing restricted to secondary walls only, (4) preservation of polyphenolic parenchyma cells (PP cells), (5) excellent preservation of pits in ray tracheids, (6) presence of amorphous silica (opal-A) coating, and (7) crystalline silica (opal-CT) fillings of small-bladed crystals.Thermogravimetric analysis results showed dissimilar gelification status of fossil samples, supporting chlorite holocellulose assay results. The latter indicated anomalously high-cellulose values (15.6–37.6% holocellulose). The micro-FTIR data obtained revealed an excellent preservation of both hemicellulose (bands at 1740 and 1245 cm−1) and cellulose (bands at 1110 and 1040 cm−1). Micro-FTIR spectrometry indicated lack of preferential hydrolytic removal of polysaccharides in examined samples.Biomarker patterns in lignite revealed forested and prevailing reed-mire vegetation. The results indicated lower contribution of Cupressaceae and emergent macrophyta to precursor organic matter of Welzow-Süd in comparison to Piskowitz lignite. Piskowitz lignite formed in permanent mire with stable water table under reducing, mesotrophic conditions. In contrast, more pronounced water level fluctuations (reducing to slightly oxic settings) and/or post-depositional events are postulated for Welzow-Süd samples.Biomarker assemblages obtained from fossil wood show a distinct dominance of diterpenoids and δ13C values (−24.6 ‰ to −20.3 ‰) that clearly confirm gymnosperm sources. Distributions of diteprenoids and sesquiterpenoids, as well as fatty acids indicate the higher amount of saturated diterpenoids (pimarane, abietane) in fossil than in modern wood. This indicates reducing conditions promoting hydrogenation reactions. In addition to low Eh, preservation of cellulose in fossil wood was also favored by acidic conditions, very low degrees of aerobic fungal degradation, and protection of wood by Cupressaceae-derived resins.While δ13C values of fossil wood are generally consistent with stratigraphic trends and chemotaxonomical classification, slightly elevated δ13C values recorded in T. cryptomerioides and S. wettsteinii in Welzow-Süd and Meuro open-cast mines, respectively, compared to published δ13C data of fossil gymnosperm wood are also indicative for good cellulose preservation.Both preservation of in-situ Miocene fossil stumps and trunks and retention of high-cellulose contents are suggested to be related to high-amplitude temporal fluctuations associated with repeated eustatically-controlled wet-dry cycling inducing: (1) weathering of tuff- and rhyolite-dominated acidic volcanics and Lausitz granodiorite, (2) associated erosion of saprolites, and (3) peat-sourced circulation of humic acid- and fulvic acid-rich waters. The latter led to the formation of Middle Miocene kaolinite deposits, as well as to the release of silicic acid and its subsequent precipitation in form of opal-A. The latter influenced preservation of high-cellulose contents in fossil wood.

Foreign experience of digitalization of public services

The article examines the foreign experience of digitalization of public services. The object of the study is social relations that are formed in the field of providing electronic public services in developed countries. The subject of the study is Ukrainian and international legal norms regulating relations in the field of providing electronic public services. The specificity of the selected objects and the subject of research determine the methodological basis. To achieve the goal and solve the set tasks, general scientific methods of cognition were used: induction and deduction, the method of analysis and synthesis, abstraction, system-structural approach, historical and logical methods, special legal methods: formal-legal, comparative-legal, system-structural and system-functional. The essence of the state and its social purpose are decisive in determining the direction of the state's activities, its goals and objectives in the field of providing public services using digital technologies. It was determined that the introduction of digital platforms and services allows systematizing and optimizing the processes of providing public services, shortening the terms of providing services and improving the quality of their provision. The main areas of activity of the authorities of the countries of the European Union - Malta, Estonia, Luxembourg, Sweden, Austria, Latvia, Finland, the Netherlands, Ireland, Portugal, Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain - are indicated, aimed at the implementation of digital technologies in public administration, including regarding the provision of state (administrative) services. The positive and negative aspects of the provision of state (administrative) services with the help of end-to-end technologies of interaction of service providers and information and communication technologies are indicated. The measures that should be implemented by Ukraine in order to optimize and convert public services into digital form are outlined. Further research should be directed to the study of the functioning of digital platforms as a technological infrastructure for the provision of digital services.

Features of pre-judicial investigation in criminal proceedings in foreign countries

The scientific article is devoted to the definition of certain features of the procedure for conducting a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings of foreign countries. The origins of the separation of the «preliminary investigation» as a separate stage of the criminal process are established, as well as the relationship of national legal traditions and types of legal systems with the corresponding standards inherent in the criminal process is traced.
 The analysis of the criminal procedural legislation of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, Great Britain and the French Republic was carried out. The main aspects of the pre-trial investigation and inquiry of the Federal Republic of Germany have been studied. It has been established where criminal proceedings begin, how the interaction between prosecutors and police officers is configured, which is free evidence. Attention is focused on the types of suspicions depending on the degree of probability and functional purpose.
 It was determined that the pre-trial investigation as an independent stage of criminal proceedings, according to the Criminal Procedure Law of Spain, is always the first in the criminal process. However, at the same time, the inquiry is in no way formally separated from the pre-trial investigation. The prosecutor and the investigating judge are united with the common goal of identifying the person who committed the crime and collecting the necessary evidence. The specifics of this stage depending on the type of proceedings are also indicated.
 The characteristic features of criminal proceedings in Great Britain, which do not include the stage of pre-trial investigation at all, are considered. Despite the possibility of the defense party to collect evidence independently, the police's activities are considered extra-procedural, and therefore all the factual data collected by them need to be presented to the magistrate and their further confirmation.
 The position and procedure for starting an investigation under French law is outlined. Her criminal process considers inquiry and preliminary investigation as separate independent stages. First of all, an inquiry is conducted, then a criminal prosecution is initiated, after which a preliminary investigation begins.
 The conclusion of the article emphasizes the need for coordinated work of law enforcement agencies based on the principles of the rule of law, legality and justice. The necessity of applying the experience of foreign countries in improving the pre-trial investigation of Ukraine is argued.

Peace Education and Conflict Prevention in Somalia

This study focused on Peace Education and Conflict Prevention in Somalia. The specific objectives of the study were to find out the different perceptions of the Somali people on peace education and conflict prevention in Somalia, to explore the importance of peace education in conflict prevention in Somalia and to determine the relationship between peace education and conflict prevention in Somalia. The study used qualitative research design using documentary analysis of various perspectives of the Somali people and that of scholars. The goal of the researcher was to expose the perspective of Somali educators on the importance of peace education and the possible causes and consequences of the conflict as well as the relationship that exist between peace education and conflict in Somalia. This study carried out a critical review of existing literature with in-depth interviews with key informants from the education sector. By employing qualitative approach in the study, the researcher carried out a thorough investigation into a wide range of secondary. Data was collected via the use of documentary review and interview guide. The study also relied on secondary data from textbooks, journals, and academic papers. The main findings of the study revealed that that peace education contributes to conflict prevention in Somalia. This was clearly revealed from the finding of the study where majority of the respondents an overwhelming majority of over (90%) of the participants in the study showed positive and relevant perception about peace education being the best tool that can be used to prevent conflict in Somalia, the study revealed that (100%) of the participants in the study agreed that peace education is vastly important in as far as conflict prevention is concerned in Somalia and lastly the study revealed that (100%) of the participants agreed and noted that peace education is related to conflict prevention. The study recommends that the Ministry of Education of the Federal Republic of Somalia and should reform and revise the current secondary and primary schools curriculum and then incorporate peace education with all the required contents which are instrumental in providing in-depth knowledge and skills to prevent conflict in Somalia, the Ministry of Education of Somalia should review the structure of the peace education programme goals, and its organization in order to bear fruits it is prepared for. Teachers, students, and parents are not familiar with the target goals and structure of peace education in Somalia. It is in this context that the program is still unpopular among these groups of people and the Federal Government of Somalia should ensure proper and timely training of teachers on peace education.

Comparative Analysis of the Labour Act Status of Seafarers in the Republic of Croatia and the Surrounding Countries of the Adriatic Sea

The aim of this article is to present and compare the regulations concerning the specific labour act status of Croatian seafarers with those of seafarers in neighbouring countries that have access to the Adriatic Sea. These countries were part of the legal system of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until the 1990s. The question of the professional and social status of seafarers is a specific and complex issue in Labour Act. Seafarers, as employees, have a distinct labour and social status compared to shore-based workers in many respects. To address this, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has adopted 68 instruments (conventions and recommendations) related to their labour status regulation. Today nearly all these ILO documents are consolidated in the 2006 Maritime Labour Convention, making it the most significant legislation concerning the work, life, and social rights of seafarers in international shipping. In this context, this paper examines and analyses Croatian national regulations governing labour and social status of seafarers. It also compares these regulations with those of the neighboring countries such as Slovenia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, particularly in terms of the standards prescribed by Maritime Labour Convention.

„Niekończąca się opowieść” – refleksje na temat uprawnień Europejskiego Banku Centralnego

Since the financial crisis of 2007–2008, we have been dealing with a special dialogue between the European and German courts at the level of the European Union. The subject of this dialogue is the decisions of the European Central Bank on the programme for the purchase of public sector assets on secondary markets. The ECB’s activity, as well as the involvement of the national central banks of the Eurosystem in the implementation of these decisions has been met with dissatisfaction by German politicians, culminating in the title judgment of the Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany. In the paper, the author analyses the judgment and passes critical commentary on the Weiss II judgment.

Vom Verein zum Unternehmen?

Abstract Using the example of the German Mechanical and Plant Engineering Association (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau, VDMA), this paper examines the viability of corporate history approaches in the history of the associations. The VDMA, one of the largest trade associations in the Federal Republic of Germany, faced increasing criticism from its member companies in the late 60s. The complex organisation, which had to reconcile the interests of some three dozen branches of industry and various regional groups, was considered inefficient and lacking in profile. The reaction was to launch a reform programme with rationalisation measures, a modern image policy and an expansion of the range of services on offer that showed certain traits of entrepreneurial behaviour. At the same time, the dues system was reformed, but the introduction of a splitting of the dues to the association’s headquarters and the branches was dispensed in order not to endanger the cohesion of interests. Both areas of reform thus demonstrate the imits of entrepreneurial logic in the organisation of an association.

Medical Care For People In Precarious Living Situations In Germany: Comparative Analysis Of Five Clearing Centers

In addition to unemployment, poor living and housing conditions and increased morbidity, precarious living situations are often characterized by a lack of or inadequate health insurance. In the Federal Republic of Germany, there is a difficult-to-quantify number of people who, for various reasons, have only limited health insurance coverage or none at all. Those affected include German citizens, EU citizens, and non-EU-citizens who are frequently homeless and/or undocumented. Health care for those groups is predominantly provided outside the German health care system by voluntary non-governmental and welfare organizations. Several German states and municipalities together with non-governmental organizations have addressed this problem by establishing clearing centers often combined with cost reimbursement for medical treatment. In this article, five of these projects are analysed and compared with each other with regard to their structure and mode of operation. The results show that many people can be helped in this way, but in order to meet the high and increasing demand, effort must be put towards more comprehensive solutions as well as on the expansion and sustainability of these projects. At the same time, there is an urgent need to improve statistical and epidemiological data.

Financial Autonomy: Panacea for Improved Service Delivery in Imo State Local Government System

Local governments in Nigeria have been criticized for their low performance despite the huge revenue being injected into the system. This study offers an explanation for the remote causes of the failure of the local government system in Nigeria, using selected local governments across the three senatorial districts in Imo State as a frame of reference. The study argues that lack of financial autonomy, systemic corruption, and inadequate funding are the major hindrances crippling efforts to improve service delivery for the benefit of those residing in the localities. It further argues that while the internal sources of revenue available to local governments are not sufficient to provide essential services to rural dwellers, the relatively meaningful external sources are controlled by higher tiers (state and federal) of government in Nigeria. It uses mixed methods to generate and analyze data, and sources of data include available literature, responses from interviewees, and personal experience as a one-time active player in the local government system in Imo State. The examination of available literature and data analysis discovers that there is a lacuna in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which the higher tiers cash in on to manipulate the crucial third-tier governments. It is, therefore, the conclusion of this study that improvement in service delivery can be tremendously achieved when the third tier enjoys financial autonomy commensurate with the services it renders to the local communities.

Employer Branding – Employer Attractiveness as a New Mindset in the Healthcare Sector

Abstract The shortage of skilled labour, demographic change and ever-increasing cost pressures are presenting healthcare organisations with key challenges in the areas of strategy, leadership and portfolio management. In the Federal Republic of Germany, there is an acute shortage of skilled workers in 352 of 801 occupational groups (44% of all occupational groups). Effective employer branding is the only way to sustainably increase employer attractiveness and generate competitive advantages on the labour market. Employer branding is the identity-based development and positioning of a company as an attractive employer. The aim of the article is to identify relevant characteristics of employer attractiveness, which can be located in particular in the perception of IT specialists. The identification of these characteristics should help organizations to optimize their personnel policy in the long term. The authors chose the mixed-methods research approach. The hypothesis system is conceptualized and operationalized within the framework of structural equation modelling (SEM). The practical relevance of the findings from the quantitative research is examined in expert interviews. The data analysis is based on qualitative content analysis according to Kuckartz. Due to the research background, data collection is limited to the EU member state Germany. The shift in the balance of power in the labour market towards employees is not a development that can be limited to Europe. In a globalized world, companies have access to a wider talent pool, but are also exposed to increased competition for the best talent. A strong employer brand enables companies to stand out and attract top talent. The empirical results show that a positively perceived employer attractiveness can achieve the employer branding goals of recruiting employees and retaining them in the long term. The clever combination of tangible and intangible benefits, embedded in a modern corporate and error culture (mindset), is decisive in determining whether qualitative growth of the organization is possible.

Pharmacy Compounding Regulation in the German Pharmaceutical Market. Part 1. Basic Regulatory Provisions (Review)

SCIENTIFIC RELEVANCE. There is a need to move towards an appropriate system of quality assurance in pharmacy compounding. At the same time, the development of a Russian regulatory system for pharmacy compounding requires a broad understanding of international experience.AIM. This study aimed at analysing the basic principles of pharmacy compounding regulation in the Federal Republic of Germany in order to identify best practices and determine ways to improve the legal and regulatory framework for compounding pharmacies in the Russian Federation.DISCUSSION. According to German law, pharmacies may dispense compounded medicinal products on an oral request from a patient. The German regulatory framework provides a mechanism delineating medicinal products compounded by pharmacies and those manufactured by pharmaceutical companies. The geographical and quantitative restrictions combined with the neutral pricing policy for pharmacies facilitate the establishment of a highly effective pharmaceutical supply system. In practice, this system helps set uniform prices for medicinal products throughout Germany while preventing pharmacy chains from monopolising the pharmaceutical market. These regulations can be considered regulatory mechanisms operating at the regional (land) level. Moreover, it is of key importance that German legislation divides compounded medicinal products into stock and extemporaneous preparations.CONCLUSIONS. German pharmaceutical practice features a number of innovations that can be borrowed for Russian pharmaceutical practice. Russian pharmaceutical legislation may benefit from adopting the concept of a “request from an individual” for dispensing compounded medicinal products that do not contain prescription-only active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). In order to improve the efficiency of the use of pharmaceutical-quality raw materials, including APIs, it is necessary to identify cases in which regular pharmacies can receive or purchase compounded medicinal products from compounding pharmacies and cases in which compounding pharmacies can purchase APIs from other compounding pharmacies. The authors recommend considering the possibility of defining the role, functions, and powers of self-regulating professional pharmacy organisations at various levels of governance in this social sphere of activity. Furthermore, the authors recommend creating a Russian mechanism to mitigate the risks of stock shortages and/or limited supply of medicinal products that would be similar to the German “standard authorisation” system and would encompass compounding pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies.

Innovation and Growth of a Socialist Economy: New Evidence from Revised Data

ABSTRACT State socialism failed due to its inner contradictions. We compare the two economies that existed in parallel in the two Germanies to shed light on the successes and failures of the socialist system of innovation until its collapse in 1989. Based on newly created indicators from archival data, we show that investments in R&D-intensive industries were much larger in comparison to economic performance in the last decades of the German Democratic Republic than in the Federal Republic of Germany. These achievements, however, could not be fully realized through economic growth due to obstacles related to research priorities, innovation incentives, and knowledge flow.

Digital Branding As a Tool of Public Diplomacy of the DACH Group of Countries

This article consists of discourse analysis and application of digital technologies in public diplomacy. The phenomenon of territory branding, its connection with public diplomacy in international relations, and how this practice was implemented by the largest German-speaking countries: the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria and the Swiss Confederation are explored. Methodologically, scientific literature, mass media and materials of government organizations are used to analyze how certain subjects can use branding technologies. In conclusion, it is concluded that, although digital branding cannot solve problems by itself, it undoubtedly has an impact on interaction with foreign users, to a greater or lesser extent within the framework of public diplomacy.

From Tinkerers to Consultants: Individual Engagement, Reunification and the Making of Germany’s Renewable Energy Sector

The article seeks to explain how and why reunified Germany saw a hundred-fold increase in its installed wind energy capacity during the 1990s. It argues that the development was largely due to private individuals’ practical work to solve local energy supply problems with wind power, and their later efforts to make renewable energy generation a worthwhile investment. The article begins by contrasting the East and West German governments’ understanding of renewables with that of individual advocates. It shows how different renewables looked from the top down than they did from the bottom up. It then shows how renewable advocates’ individual, entrepreneurial approach became accepted across the newly reunified Federal Republic of Germany in the early 1990s, meaning that the ‘wind boom’ of the 1990s went hand-in-hand with the emergence of the renewable energy sector as a business interest. This article was published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ .

Некоторые проблемы перевода политического анекдота (на материале немецкого языка)

The aim of the research is to identify potential problems in translating political German jokes into Russian. The research is based on jokes about the German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany extracted from a printed collection and relevant German thematic Internet sites. The scientific novelty of the research lies in substantiating a comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach to the problems of translation (understanding) of a political joke, in which attention should be focused not only on interlingual, but also on intercultural differences between the two societies. The research conducted allows us to confirm that the structure of a (political) joke in German and Russian societies is similar. Translation problems usually arise due to insufficient linguistic competence, as well as to the lack of cultural background in conveying historical, political, cultural realia, which contain implicit cultural subcontext. To understand the latter, one should possess cultural knowledge close to that of a native speaker. So, to perceive a comic effect of a joke, a foreign recipient should first study culturally relevant information or it should be explained to them.

Comparing the responses of the health system in the United States and Brazil to the COVID-19 pandemic

This study presents similar situations that have occurred in the health systems of the USA and Brazil with regard to dealing with COVID-19. Although the health systems of the two countries are different, the US system is public and private, with Medicaid and Medicare, and Brazil has the Universal Health System, which guarantees the right of every citizen. In this context, impactful health situations are presented, unfolding due to disorganized systems, in the face of the Pandemic. These are difficulties in decision-making by governments, with one action or another putting the entire nation in danger. Both countries didn't know what they were dealing with, and there was also a shortage of supplies such as respirators, medicines, PPE, professional training for the front line and ICU beds. At the time the pandemic hit the international stage, the countries in question had several conflicts of ideas and there was a lot of fake news, even from the two rulers who called themselves Presidents of the Federative Republic. A greater number of people were infected and died in these countries due to the population's resistance to obeying the distancing protocols proposed by the WHO. And due to the non-acceptance of a large part of the citizens not to be vaccinated, where the US Government carried out campaigns calling on the population to vaccinate, meanwhile the secrecy of justice was created for 100 years for the Brazilian President with the right not to show his vaccination card.

The role of Germany as a NATO «framework nation»

Unlike its predecessors, Germany used its military potential not to solve exceptionally national issues, but to participate in the activities of multilateral military blocs. At the same time she maintained its ambitions as a power. The combination of two trends has conditioned the Bundeswehrʼs usage as a means that provided Germany with the opportunity to become a framework nation for different multinational military groupings. The article explores the cases of such a role of Germany in the instability zones in the Balkans in the 1990s, in Afghanistan, Lebanon and Mali in the XXI century. The constraints caused by the state of the Bundeswehr for the implementation of the tasks of the Federal Republic of Germany as a «framework nation» are considered. The cases of such Bundeswehr`s activity as NATO Response Force, enhanced and tailored Forward Presence during the confrontation between the West and Russia are considered. The political importance of each case for the change of Germany`s positions in Europe and in the world is presented.

Judicial Interpretations, Findings and Pronouncements of the Nigerian Apex Court: A Review of Mohammed Vs Frn

Purpose: The objective of this review was to challenge the apex court's decision, encompassing its findings, judicial interpretations, and pronouncements (DFIP). A notable issue arises from the discovery that the National Assembly (NA) mistakenly granted 'exclusive' criminal jurisdiction to the Federal High Court (FHC) regarding Indian hemp offenses. Consequently, this study critically examined the DFIP in depth.
 Methodology: This work adopts the doctrinal method of research, which involves the use of primary and secondary sources of law. This study relied on key primary sources, including the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Acts of the National Assembly, case laws, and Decrees. Supplementary information was derived from secondary sources such as books and articles. This review extensively employed primary and secondary legal sources, focusing on statutory interpretation rules, the hierarchy of norms, particularly in relation to the principle of inconsistency, and the unalterable nature of jurisdiction prescribed by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN). These criteria were systematically applied to evaluate the Decision, Findings, Interpretations, and Pronouncements (DFIP) of the apex court.
 Findings: The apex court's determination that Section 8 of the Indian Hemp Act (IHA) was implicitly repealed by Section 26 of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Act is inaccurate. Similarly, the assertion that the National Assembly (NA) granted 'exclusive' criminal jurisdiction to the Federal High Court (FHC) is flawed, as Section 251(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) actually confers concurrent criminal jurisdiction on the FHC. 
 The finding of the apex court that Magistrate Courts (MC), being a creation of state legislation, cannot try Indian hemp offences is erroneous. The apex court's assertion that Indian hemp is both a 'drug' and a 'narcotic drug' is refuted as erroneous in the course of this review.
 Recommendations: Statutory intervention in the manner of amendment of Sections 251(1)(s) and 251(3) is required if the decision of the apex court is to represent the position of the law in Nigeria.

Manfred Pflanz (1923-1980) - A key Protagonist for the Institutionalization of Social Medicine and Medical Sociology in Germany

Manfred Pflanz, an internist with his focus on social medicine, medical sociology and epidemiology, (1923-1980) played a key role in the institutional integration of social science expertise into medicine in the Federal Republic of Germany during the 1960s and 70 s. The present study, a biographic sketch of Pflanz, describes his work, his programmatic ideas on social medicine and medical sociology, and his activities as an expert consultant in public health for various political entities. This should enable getting an insight into the origins and ramifications, as well as the contemporary programs and international embeddedness of the overlapping fields of social medicine and medical sociology in Germany.

The jurisdiction of Military Justice in Brazil

In the scenario of the Brazilian justice system, the discussion surrounding the Homeland Military Justice emerges as a crucial point, often relegated to silence in our country's debates. Surprisingly, even within the military sphere, the subject remains in a state of relative obscurity, lacking a more profound and scientifically grounded approach. The time has come to align the practiced experience in military life with a thorough theoretical analysis, thus seeking to dissipate the aura of mystery surrounding this topic. In this context, the present study assumes a prominent role by proposing to rigorously analyze the competence of the Union Military Justice in the judgment of civilians in times of peace. With this purpose, the investigation is guided by a question of high relevance: to what extent does the competence of the Union Military Justice to judge civilians in times of peace align with the fundamental precepts established in the Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil? By exploring this intricate path, the aim is not only to promote a profound reflection on the subject, but also to contribute to the enrichment of the national legal panorama. The integration of practice and theory emerges as a powerful tool to elucidate the nuances of this competence, facing the challenges that arise and paving a more solid ground for future debate. Therefore, it is under this premise of deepening and clarification that this study proposes to navigate the intricacies of the Union Military Justice, unveiling the foundations that govern it and investigating its consonance with the constitutional principles that govern our nation.