Individual Freedom Research Articles

Constructing Risk through Jurisdictional Talk: The Ontario Review Board Process under Part XX.1 of the Criminal Code

AbstractThe Ontario Review Board (ORB) makes and reviews dispositions that limit the freedoms of individuals found not criminally responsible (NCR) due to a “mental disorder.” Their dispositions must be responsive to the risk NCR individuals pose to the public. To assess how risk is measured, the authors studied twenty-six publicly accessible court files pertaining to the appeal of ORB dispositions. The authors studied hospital reports, the ORB’s dispositions, and transcripts of ORB hearings found in the court files. In this paper, the authors draw on institutional ethnography and critical legal theories of jurisdiction to analyze how certain citational practices—namely citation of closely related statutes and the ORB’s procedures—participate in structuring the ORB’s analysis of risk. The authors argue that risk becomes legible to participants in the NCR process through the intertextual mediation of these citations, which legitimize and naturalize the NCR individuals’ dependence on forensic institutions.

The Impact of LLM-Based AI Chatbots on Industrial Structure: A Marcusean Perspective

This study explores the impact of large language model (LLM)-based AI chatbots, particularly focusing on OpenAI's ChatGPT, on the structure of industry from a Marcusean perspective. The emergence of ChatGPT has led to rapid changes across various industries, raising important questions about the relationship between individuals, society, and the media. The study aims to analyze the interaction between one-dimensional human beings and media, considering ChatGPT as a form of media itself. It examines the positive changes brought about by AI chatbot technologies, such as enhanced data rights, diversity in expressing opinions, and strengthened education and collaboration. On the other hand, this study also addresses the negative aspects, including potential job displacement, privacy concerns, algorithmic bias, and the suppression of creativity. Through a critical analysis from a Marcusean perspective, this study sheds light on the implications of AI technologies like ChatGPT on individual freedom, power structures, and the formation of one-dimensional individuals within the industrial structure. It concludes by emphasizing the need for transparent systems, open collaboration, and the safeguarding of individual rights and freedoms in the context of AI advancements. By doing so, this study seeks to stimulate further societal engagement and a reevaluation of the Marcusean perspective in the current era.

Individual Freedom and Netizen Presence As Others in Tiktok Social Media Creator Content Message Delivery

This research is focused on interactions on social media TikTok, where researchers raise issues regarding individual freedom and the presence of other people in conveying messages on social media TikTok. Based on some circumstances, the researcher sees a transition in the meaning of individual freedom and the presence of other people in the context of interaction on social media TikTok. The rationale for this study is that researchers use the perspective of freedom and the presence of other people, according to Jean-Paul Sartre, which is then studied through the theory of symbolic interactionism (George Herbert Mead) and self-presentation theory (Erving Goffmann). The paradigm used in this study is the postmodern paradigm, in which researchers attempt to deconstruct the meaning of individual freedom and the presence of other people in conveying messages on social media TikTok. The key informants in the study were two content creators of the TikTok social media who were selected purposively. The results of the study show that the skills of TikTok social media creators are needed in negotiating individual freedom agreed upon by netizens and managing the presence of other people (netizens) to interact on TikTok social media in order to achieve goals, one of which is building social capital, monetization, and social transformation.

Balancing Security and Liberty: Examining Contemporary Counterterrorism Laws

This paper delves into the intricate challenge of striking a delicate balance between national security imperatives and the protection of individual liberties in the context of contemporary counterterrorism laws. In the aftermath of global terrorist threats, governments worldwide have enacted a myriad of legislative measures aimed at preventing and combating acts of terrorism. However, the implementation of these measures often raises concerns about potential encroachments on civil liberties, privacy rights, and due process. The study critically examines the evolving landscape of counterterrorism laws, analyzing key legal frameworks and their impact on individual freedoms. It scrutinizes the delicate equilibrium required to effectively address security threats without sacrificing the fundamental rights and values that underpin democratic societies. Drawing on case studies from diverse jurisdictions, the research explores the implications of counterterrorism measures on marginalized communities, surveillance practices, and the rule of law. Furthermore, the paper assesses the effectiveness of oversight mechanisms and judicial review processes in mitigating the risks of abuse and overreach. It considers the role of technology, international cooperation, and intelligence sharing in contemporary counterterrorism efforts and evaluates their potential impact on individual privacy and human rights. In addition, this paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discourse on counterterrorism policy by offering insights into the challenges of balancing security imperatives with the preservation of civil liberties. It advocates for a thoughtful and nuanced approach that fosters security without compromising the core values that define democratic societies.

The Production of Human Reproduction: Impacts of Transhumanism’s Inconsistent Reproductive Policy on Classical Ethical Principles

The transhumanist movement is characterized by a shift from the traditional understanding of the “created” and “born” human to a “produced” and potentially “immortal” human. This article argues that the reproductive policy of transhumanism is inconsistent. Firstly, it underestimates the implications of reproduction, especially those related to women, such as pregnancy, childbirth, and childrearing, which is considered a source of pain at every stage. Additionally, it prioritizes adult enhancement in pursuit of immortality, which is why it discards producing a new life. On the other hand, the movement utilizes new reproductive technologies to enhance human beings, thereby promising and providing unlimited individual reproductive freedom in a wide range of contexts. Furthermore, this article argues that transhumanism, which moves away from the concept of sexual human nature, not only excludes femininity and its associated nature but also converges towards a sexless human nature biologically. It also discharges sexuality from the purpose of reproduction and reduces it to the purpose of pleasure substantially. The overall attitude of the transhumanist context raises significant ethical problems, undermining traditional medical ethics and bioethics principles such as nonmaleficence, beneficence, autonomy, justice, and human dignity. Moreover, it forces ethical principles to be redefined on a new basis with its indifferent attitude that ignores the threat of authoritarian eugenics, neglects reproductive responsibility while emphasizing reproductive freedom, and fails to consider the nature of the contrast-dependency of human values. As a result, new ethical principles must be developed to address the implications of this attitude.

Pandemic preparedness and the road to international fascism

AbstractThe World Health Organization's broad definition of health embraces physical, mental and social well‐being. Expressed in its 1946 constitution alongside concepts of community participation and national sovereignty, it reflected an understanding of a world emerging from centuries of colonialist oppression and the public health industry's shameful facilitation of fascism. Health policy would be people‐centered, closely tied to human rights and self‐determination. The COVID‐19 response has demonstrated how these ideals have been undone. Decades of increasing funding within public‐private partnerships have corroded the basis of global public health. The COVID‐19 response, intended for a virus that overwhelmingly targeted the elderly, ignored norms of epidemic management and human rights to institute a regime of suppression, censorship, and coercion reminiscent of the power systems and governance that were previously condemned. Without pausing to examine the costs, the public health industry is developing international instruments and processes that will entrench these destructive practices in international law. Public health, presented as a series of health emergencies, is being used once again to facilitate a fascist approach to societal management. The beneficiaries will be the corporations and investors whom the COVID‐19 response served well. Human rights and individual freedom, as under previous fascist regimes, will lose. The public health industry must urgently awaken to the changing world in which it works, if it is to adopt a role in saving public health rather than contributing to its degradation.

Eğitim Felsefesinde Özgürlük, Hoşgörü ve Kurtuluş Paradigması

The term freedom is a difficult term to discuss because it is often used by social scientists as well as political scientists. In each of these areas, the relationship with freedom presents a change. On the basis of thought, freedom is generally examined as a quality of the will. It is a matter of curiosity whether the issue of whether individuals have free will is determined by their actions as a whole. In everyday language, the majority has not given much thought to the factor behind the idea of tolerance, which is understood as leaving others to themselves and not interfering with others, freeing them in their decisions. Salvation involves not only the removal of restrictions on individuals and their personal development, but also the destruction of systems that seem completely encircling, subjugating and oppressive. While it represents past oppression and not being free in a conceptual sense, it offers the hope that the future person can be fully satisfied in a holistic way and in a full sense. For this reason, the concept of salvation is a concept that has a special meaning in a real sense. For this reason, many conservatives and some libertarians consider liberation policies and social structures dangerous with the concern that personal freedom will turn the principle of rationality and logicism into an intellectual and pragmatist doctrine. In this sense, Sartre, like other philosophers who have adopted the philosophy of existentialism, highlights human existentialism, that is, the fundamental problem of individual freedom, as the focus of philosophy. According to him, existence; it is not something that is determined, shaped and happening, it is deprived of the essence that will reveal itself. Existentialism, due to its fluid nature, will lose its unique nature when it tries to make sense, to be determined, to be determined, to become informational, conceptual and theoretical. According to Sartre, the existential understanding is an idea that is cut off from its origins, loses its foundations, loses its trust in the past and future, becomes alienated from society, is shaped by the existence of restless and unhappy people. This understanding occurs at the point where the individuals who substitute their lives in society are threatened, the relationship between tradition and the present Decays, the individual becomes meaningless, and experiences the danger of losing himself. In particular, the stalemates experienced after the great wars are the period when these exits taper off and become clearer. Key Words: Freedom, Tolerance, Liberation, Existentialism

The extent of government intervention in the public health system and individual freedoms during the Covid-19 pandemic: a theoretical analysis.

The concept of individual freedom has complex and multifaceted dimensions that significantly affect the limits of permissible government interventions aimed at restricting such freedoms and maintaining public health. Therefore, the boundary between individual freedom and the social obligations of the government must be carefully clarified. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the need for such clarifications clearly increased. This study intended to investigate the concept of freedom according to major theories and to observe their application in analyzing the relations between individuals and the government in the health system, particularly during public health emergencies. The findings revealed that "justice-based", "development-based" and "accountability-based" conceptions of freedom provide a more appropriate rationale for implementation of public health restrictive measures by health authorities during infectious disease outbreaks including pandemics such as COVID-19. Even in minimal governments that are built upon a free-market system and unrestricted conception of individuals' freedom, such public health interventions are justifiable in the light of the 'Catastrophic Moral Horror' where there is an extreme risk to the health of citizens.

The Right of an Individual to Reliable Information in the Conditions of Digitalization of Civil Turnover

The paper deals with the current problems of the realization of the individual’s right to reliable information in the modern information society. In order to ensure the reliability of conclusions and proposals, the author analyzes the problems in various aspects using an interdisciplinary approach: 1) in the context of the causes and risks of unreliability of information; 2) from the standpoint of the philosophy of postmodernism and the theory of consumer society; 3) in the context of ensuring information security and countering information influence; 4) based on the analysis of international acts, legislation of the Russian Federation, documents of a doctrinal nature; 5) in the light of the possibilities of self-regulation in the field of information relations; 6) in relation to the complex of information rights; 7) from the point of view of using the legal mechanism of «information security» and the approval of the right to erasure. Considering the issues in this way allowed the author to show how the risks of the development of a digital society increase the status of information rights, bringing new meanings to them, and give rise to new rights or legal mechanisms for their implementation. In the implementation of the entire complex of information rights, the main difficulty, according to the author, is the balance in the implementation of the principle of individual freedom in the sphere of information circulation and the use of a mechanism to protect certain content from information in order to ensure the interests of the individual, society, and the state. The latter, according to the author, should be justified by the nature and scale of the threats. Therefore, in order to confirm the legitimacy of raising the issue of an individual’s right to reliable information, the author subjected to a detailed analysis of the causes and threats emanating from the growing scale of unreliability of information, and pointed out the need for legal consolidation of the concept of reliability and its signs. The result of the study was the conclusion that the right to reliable information formed in modern conditions can be fully realized only on the basis of an integral system of measures: socio-political, socio-moral, legal, information and technological.

Qualification of digital crimes against person: problematic issues

Subject of the research is the norms of the criminal law establishing responsibility for crimes against the person, as well as explanations reflected in the Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation No. 58 of December 24, 2019, No. 46 of December 25, 2018, No. 16 of December 04, 2014.
 Purpose of the research is to improve the criminal law and law enforcement practice in terms of the qualification of new ways of committing traditional crimes against the person (murder, kidnapping, human trafficking, depraved acts, violations of the inviolability of the home), as well as socially dangerous acts, responsibility for which is not directly enshrined in the criminal law, but having the ability to harm human rights and personal freedoms in the conditions of digitalization (deepfakes, stalking, cyberbullying).
 Methods and objects of research: one of the methods used was the formal logical approach to the cognition of legal phenomena; also, the methods used were methods of analogy, generalization, differentiation, comparative-legal and formal-legal methods of research of public relations in the field of protection of individual rights and freedoms.
 Main results of research: is proposals have been formulated for the qualification of actions aimed at harming the individual through the use of modern technologies, as well as for improving the norms of the current criminal law and the provisions of the Resolutions of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in terms can influence the criminal legal assessment of the act in the conditions of criminal use of digital technologies against the individual.

Understanding of the obligation in natural law concepts of John Locke and Jan-Jak Russo

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of obligations in the light of the natural legal concepts of John Locke and Jan-Jak Russo. Thus, within his theory of the social contract, John Locke notes about the natural state of people, from which the law of nature follows, is obligatory for everyone. Such the obligation comes from the human nature or from the harmony between natural law and the rational human nature. The reason for the formation of a civil society is to prevent a state of war, when force, not supported by law, is used contrary to natural law. Therefore, John Locke assigns obligations to the supreme authority, to which people entrusted a part of their freedom in order to fulfill the goals of the state - to ensure peace,security and welfare of the people.
 Thus, John Locke mainly considers the obligation through the prism of laws - first of all natural (not to cause harm to others), and later also civil, which is established by the supreme authority. The individual in the state is entrusted with the obligation to carry out the prescriptions determined by the government, while the government is supposed to ensure peace, protect property, and justly resolve (through judicial institutions) disputes between citizens. In this way, the freedom of individuals is guaranteed by the state, because real freedom, according to the thinker, is possible only in a legal state.
 On the example of the concept of Jan-Jak Russo’s social contract а certain feature can be traced. It is about a significant strengthening of the collective factor over the individual one, when a union of individuals who have mutual rights and obligations in relation to each other is formed in the manner of a corresponding contract. Obligation, therefore, is not only what binds a person, subjecting him to the supreme authority, but, above all, what serves as a factor of cooperation of people in a perfect union. Based on the concept of popular sovereignty, the principles of direct democracy, which the French thinker advocated, individuals should not just fulfill certain prescriptions, but also be called to be active participants in the state-legal reality, in particular, to participate in the creation of laws. Such laws, as the personification of the expressions of the general will, can ensure justice, equality and freedom of individuals.

By design or by accident: the legacy of Thailand’s 1999 education reform and the cultural consequences of internationalization

ABSTRACT The National Education Reform Act of 1999 sought to modernise Thai education at all levels. The core reforms included teacher training, to shift to student-centred pedagogy; de-centralisation of school and university administration; and integration of communication technologies. Among subsequent developments was the push for internationalising education. Two decades later, the children of 1999–2000 are graduating from university. The participants in this qualitative study grew up in international programmes, and are also now graduating from university. In this study, the findings suggest that Thai education is still defined by structural tradition. However, our participants express strongly held values about freedom of expression and individuality, which they associate with their internationalised experience. The results suggest a tension between cultural identity and the beliefs that our participants assimilated in international programmes. The results also provide reflections about the achievements of the 1999 Act, even if they were not directly achieved by the policy instruments it articulated.

Investigating the Role of Culture in Legal Practices in Spain

Law, as the science that organizes and regulates society, will inevitably change its method and approach with the change in social relations. Developments, especially in the field of public law, with the speed with which the laws adopted in the legislative process cannot be adapted and updated with them, have made other sources of law, such as judicial procedure, have different functions. The following article seeks to examine and analyze the question of whether culture has influenced the formation of judicial procedure in Spanish public law. And in case of a positive answer, in what form? The results of the positive response to the developments in the contemporary world and their impact on the science of law are the judicial procedure in three parts: a) creating and establishing new norms, b) supplementing the existing norms in the legal system, c) protect the rights and freedoms of individuals, which have been recognised as a consequence of the status of judicial proceedings among the sources of public law and its promotion.

Notary independence in the course of notarial acts

Based on the analysis of the scientific views of scholars and the norms of current legislation, a list of notarial acts that notaries are authorised to perform has been provided. The author’s own definition of the concept of “notarial acts” has been proposed. The importance of ensuring the independence of notaries in the course of notarial acts has been emphasised. A number of aspects confirming this thesis have been presented.
 It has been established that notarial acts are a set of legally significant acts performed by a notary with the aim of providing notarial services as defined by the current legislation. The purpose of notarial acts is to ensure, firstly, the observance and protection of legal rights, freedoms and interests of individuals and legal entities, including those of a tangible and intangible nature, and secondly, the correctness and legality of concluding contracts, confirming documents and providing other legal services as defined by current legislation.
 It has been noted that in the course of notarial acts, a notary must be an independent and impartial mediator between the parties, and act exclusively in compliance with the applicable law. This, in turn, ensures the reliability and legitimacy of transactions concluded between the parties and helps to prevent attempts at fraud and manipulation of documents.
 It has been generalised that ensuring the appropriate level of notary independence in the course of notarial acts is important: firstly, for notaries themselves, since in this case they are able to perform their activities free from any influence, which is an additional guarantee of ensuring the regime of legality in their work; secondly, for users of notaries’ services, since notary independence is a guarantee of observance of the rights and freedoms of individuals and legal entities, and is also a preventive measure against any unlawful acts (fraud, document forgery, etc.).

Happy Birthday "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": A Momentous Tale in the Quest for an Effective and Ethical Approach to Psychosurgery.

The anniversary of the publication of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey offers an opportunity for reflection on the use of neurosurgery in psychiatry. We used a narrative, historical and dialectical method to deliver an account of the controversial subject. A balanced representation of the negative and positive aspects, acknowledging some of the questionable ethical practices while describing well-reasoned applications is provided. It includes neurosurgeons, psychiatrists who have embraced these procedures with unwarranted enthusiasm and those who have opposed. Neurosurgical techniques for the treatment of severe mental disorders have evolved from rudimentary procedures which were used to 'correct' unwanted behaviours associated with a wide range of severe mental disorders to more refined and selective approaches used as a last resort to treat specific mental health conditions. In the absence of specific aetiological models to guide ablative surgical targets, non-ablative, stimulatory techniques have more recently been developed to allow reversibility when surgical treatment fails to obtain a sizeable improvement in quality of life. The subject is concretely illustrated by two eloquent clinical images: one on a series of brain computed tomography scans carried out on a Canadian population of subjects, who underwent leukotomy decades ago, and the other more contemporary on an implantation surgery to epidural stimulation. Alongside technical advances in psychosurgery, a regulatory framework has gradually developed to ensure vigilance in the appropriateness of patients' selection. Nevertheless, harmonisation of protocols around the world is necessary to ensure consistency in obtaining and maintaining the highest possible ethical standards for the benefit of patients. If the neurosciences promise today, in their new, better framed, and reversible applications, to provide answers to unmet therapeutic needs, we still must remain attentive to drifts linked the introduction of intrusive technologies for purposes of domination or behaviour modification that would impede our individual freedom.

BITCOIN, CURRENCY OF THE FREE MARKET

The purpose of this article is to present Bitcoin as a possible solution to many of the issues caused by having money administered by a monopoly. The introducing chapters of this article focus on demonstrating why monopolistic control over money will always limit freedom. Specifically, in regards to how the government has control over individual freedom through money. History has shown that people have sought ways to curb this kind of intervention on markets and in their lives - with Bitcoin being a result of their efforts. In the later chapters we aim to demonstrate why Bitcoin is such a significant step towards achieving a higher degree of individual freedom and we will support these claims through a series of technical, economical and philosophical arguments.

Do perceived threats to psychological distance influence tourists' reactance and online Airbnb booking intentions during COVID-19?

Purpose The authors proposed a conceptual model by examining the influence of threats to their freedom on tourists’ psychological distance including social distance, spatial distance, and temporal distance, which effect psychological reactance and the consequent online Airbnb booking intentions. Furthermore, media intrusiveness as a moderator determines the boundary conditions between perceived threats to their freedom and social distance, spatial distance, and temporal distance.Design/methodology/approachData was gathered from 491 Chinese travelers to provide empirical evidence. The authors performed data analysis in Amos 26.0 using structural equation modeling (SEM) and Hayes (2013) PROCESS macro.FindingsThe findings positively reinforced all the structural relationships of the study. Notably, media intrusiveness significantly moderates the association between perceived threats to their freedom and psychological distance (i.e. social distance, spatial distance, and temporal distance).Research limitations/implicationsThe findings contribute significantly to the field of social psychology, advertising, and consumer behavior derive prolific implications for policymakers and sharing economy platforms. Lastly, by identifying limitations, this research opens doors for future scholars.Originality/valueGovernments' acute precautionary measures in response to the COVID-19 outbreak have confined individual freedom across the globe. This study illuminates how tourists conceive these preventative measures as perceived threats to their freedom, and subsequently engage psychological reactance.

The Dialectics of the Legal Status of a Person and Individual Freedom

Stratification is one of the foundations of class society. In the daily routine, this is noticeable when the head of the enterprise counts on a better and more plentiful grocery basket than an ordinary employee. The legal position of a wealthy and educated person is also diverse. One most often drives a car, concludes dozens of transactions, and attends sports clubs; he or she is often registered as an entrepreneur or serves in law enforcement agencies. Minors and mentally disordered people cannot boast of the legal personality of an adult mentally healthy citizen. The attention of the legislator has been turned away from low-status groups throughout history. Not required to be held accountable by law, their representatives cultivated a culture of doubt, absenteeism, and illegalism in their midst. The individual freedom of such a person is very wide, but, forced into the backyard of the economic system and prestigious practices, he rarely finds usage for his own talents. Senior officers, politicians, and businesspeople easily purchase goods for the home and take their children to the best schools. In retribution, they have to constantly endure the attention of society, play a role that is not completely characteristic of the inner world, not give in to a spontaneous impulse, and give up the pursuit of happiness without worries. The existential task of jurisprudence is to combine the best of two lifestyles. It means to soften the dialectical opposition of a solid social status and unlimited freedom using procedural tricks and the sprawling apparatus of doctrine and dogma. That’s why the semantic center of our science is located where citizens manage to put together an objectively valuable human capital with maintaining a low or outcast legal status. Such people have something to lose. They are more willing to turn to a lawyer with a request for help and legalization.

CONSUMER PROTECTION FROM UNWANTED ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING UNDER LAW NO. 18-05

The technological development of the current era in various fields has led to the emergence of electronic commerce, which has become carried out through the Internet, which does not recognize geographical borders or the principles known by traditional trade, and this has increased its importance and danger at the same time. Electronic commercial advertising is considered one of the most important aspects of electronic commerce through which electronic promotion of products and services takes place, as it plays an important role in directing the will of the public and influencing the psyche of consumers, inviting them and urging them to contract with them to acquire certain products and services at the expense of others, and given the low cost of these electronic advertisements and the possibility of sending it via e -mail messages, electronic suppliers take advantage of this feature, and send it to the largest possible number of consumers, in an intensive manner, whether they have previously been dealt with or not, and whether they wish to do so or not, which increases the pressure on the consumer. These advertisements are often not accepted and welcomed by the consumer public, and therefore they are called “Spam " or " Spamming ", because they restrict the freedoms of individuals, interfere with their privacy and invade the consumer's private life, as soon as he opens his e-mail he gets surprised by it without any consent from him, and it is difficult for him to remove it from his e-mail, in addition to the damage it causes to consumers. Thus, consumer protection has become an important priority in all electronic transactions, especially protecting it from unwelcome commercial advertisements that the consumer receives via the Internet in order to avoid messages sent to him without his desire. Therefore, national and international legislation has resorted to limiting this phenomenon and combating unwanted advertisements, enacting legal texts regulating electronic commercial advertisements, and approving penal liability when violating them. Similar to the legislation of other countries, the Algerian le gislator issued Electronic Commerce Law No. 18-05 to regulate electronic commercial transactions in this new type of trade, which depends on electronic communication technology, as it stipulated through it the regulation of electronic commercial advertising

European integration of Ukraine as a factor of transformation of legal practice (theoretical and legal aspect)

The article discusses the directions for development of legislation that would correspond to the Constitution of Ukraine and its recognized legal principles, which are closely linked to the enhancement of the role of law in the legal system of Ukraine. In the context of Ukraine's European integration processes, as a candidate state for EU membership, the main factors influencing the reform of Ukraine's legal system are analyzed, and priorities for the development of legislative initiatives are identified, including those relating to the problems of organizational and legal support for the development of judicial cooperation in civil and criminal cases, using international and bilateral documents based on the principles of legal certainty and the right to a fair trial. Changes to the legislation "On National Minorities (Communities) of Ukraine" and laws for the implementation of the rights and freedoms of individuals and citizens of Ukraine in accordance with generally recognized norms of international law and European conventions ratified by Ukraine are also discussed. Special attention is paid to the principles of development and improvement of legislation, namely the principles of the rule of law, strict adherence to constitutional provisions, democracy, social expediency, scientific justification, systematic and coordinated legislative activity, the interrelationship and interaction of legislative acts, and the priority of generally recognized norms and principles of international law over national legislation. In light of the above, an important task in the process of legal practice is to highlight the mechanisms for ensuring the development of legislation, including the legal principles of law-making, organization and coordination of legislative activities. Special emphasis is placed on improving legislative techniques, providing information support for legislative activities, and scientific support for law-making.