Organizational Authority Research Articles

On the Origin of Federal Institutions of Hellenistic Lykia

The Lykian koinon that existed in the south of Asia Minor from the first half of the 2nd century BCE, had a federal organization, in many ways reminiscent of the structure of other federations of the Hellenistic world, especially that of the Achaian koinon. The Lykians may have deployed the Achaian-type organization of the supreme federal authority, namely a crowded meeting of delegations, the size of which depended on the cities’ dimensions. Some de-tails of the Achaian military organization could have been borrowed by the Lykians, as evi-denced by the rare title of the commander of the city militia in both federations (apoteleios). The same system of proportional representation of cities in the ratio 3:2:1 existed both in Lykia, where it determined the share of participation of each city in all the federal affairs, and in the board of nomographoi of the Achaian koinon. However, the Lykian koinon was not entire-ly built on the Achaian “model”. In the Achaian koinon, the ratio of 3:2:1 probably did not have the same universal meaning as in Lykia, the head of the federation had both military and administrative powers, while in Lykia they were divided between the Lyciarch and the strate-gos. Some similarities in the organization of both leagues can be explained by the fact that the Lykians could use some principles and practices that were widespread in many Greek koina. Some features of the structure of the Lykian koinon could well be the result of the original po-litical creativity of the Lykians.

Sex education as part of the valeological discipline "Health Pedagogy"

The valeological discipline "Health Pedagogy" was developed and implemented in the educational process of Ukrainian higher non-medical education institutions in 2019. The discipline is intended for the formation of valeological competence, which consists in the ability to lead a healthy lifestyle, practice safe behavior and provide emergency assistance in critical situations. The medical component of the topic of sex education and family planning of the valeological discipline "Health Pedagogy" includes issues of safe and unsafe sex, fertility, prevention of unwanted pregnancies, infection with sexually transmitted diseases, abortion, anatomy and physiology of male and female genital organs, physiology of intercourse, contraception, normal and pathological pregnancy, childbirth, genetic aspects of fertilization and development of the embryo and fetus) and ethical issues of its teaching, which corresponds to the recommendations of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and a number of authoritative international organizations. Retrospective evaluation of archival learning materials (tests and questionnaires) for the topic "Sex education and family planning" of valeological disciplines "Basics of Medical Knowledge and Health-Saving" and "Health Pedagogy" of 180 students of three Kharkiv non-medical higher education institutions, bachelor's and master's degrees, who studied during 2004–2024 and formed valeological competence at a high level according to the quartile evaluation system (Q4[75÷100]%). It was found that 148 (82.2%) students formed the component of competence related to sex education and family planning at a high level (Q4[75÷100]%), 32 (17.8%) – at the average level (Q3[50÷75]%) (p<0.05%). It was concluded that the content, form of teaching, medical and psychological-pedagogical components of the topic on sex education and family planning of the valeological discipline "Health Pedagogy" allow forming the appropriate component of valeological competence at a high level. Keywords: valeological education, valeological competence, qualimetry, abortion, contraception, obstetrics and gynecology.

PROBLEMS OF ALCOHOLIZATION OF THE POPULATUON OF THE REPUBLIC OF BURYATIA IN THE CONDITIONS OF DEPRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGIONAL ECONOMY

The article presents the analysis of problems of alcoholization of the population of the Republic of Buryatia in the conditions of depressive development of the regional economy, conducted on the basis of expert interviews with medical specialists of different profiles - therapist, preventologist, psychiatrist-drug addict, anesthesiologist-reanimatologist, gastroenterologist. The socio-economic factors causing alcoholization of the population of the region have been identified, including unemployment, lack of employment prospects, shift work, borrowing, and the use of family income (pensions and child allowances) to buy alcoholic beverages by the poor. Among other negative factors contributing to the alcoholization of the population, experts noted the high availability of alcoholic beverages, the use of alcohol to increase the tourist attractiveness of the region and in the advertising of catering facilities, and the formation of a tolerant attitude to alcohol from childhood. The necessity of strengthening the coordinated work of state authorities of different levels, medical community and public organizations in order to reduce alcohol consumption in different social strata of the population is substantiated.

An empirical study of “public security centralism” in modern China and its legal and political ramifications

China's public security and Western police differ significantly in their approaches to law enforcement, administrative power, and institutional structure. The former operates within a centralized and hierarchical framework and is characterized by extensive powers. In this article, we examine the impact of the “Cracking Down Illegal Cards” campaign on judicial decisions initiated and led by the highest-level organization of China's public security authorities, the Ministry of Public Security. The findings reveal an increase in convictions and a rise in judicial arbitrariness resulting from this campaign. This underscores the importance of comprehending China's political-legal system and proposes ways to improve the role of public security in social management.

Justice under the Rule of Law as an Object of Knowledge of Domestic Jurisprudence

The judiciary plays an important role in a democratic, law-based state. The independent judiciary is responsible for handling cases, resolving conflicts and evaluating the compliance of laws with the constitution, and also guarantees human rights and freedoms by controlling the legality of actions of other branches of state power. And this factor determines the relevance of research. The existence and effective functioning of the judiciary and the rule of law are key aspects of any modern democracy.
 The purpose of the article is to cover justice under the rule of law as an object of knowledge in domestic jurisprudence.
 It is proposed to classify scientific sources, covering certain aspects of the administration of justice under the rule of law, into three groups.
 The first group of such sources consists of scientific papers, the subject of which is the organization and functioning of judicial authorities. The papers of this group clear up the provisions characterizing the court and justice: the organizational structure of the judicial system; appointment procedures and requirements for the qualification of judges; mechanisms of interaction with other branches of power; judicial process and guarantees of citizens' rights; effectiveness and reforms of the judicial system, etc.
 The second group of sources consists of scientific papers, the subject of research of which is the rule of law. The requirements of the rule of law to a large extent concern the judiciary and fair justice determining the isolation of this group of sources.
 Researches in this field help to understand how the rule of law affects judiciary, the role of the judicial system in providing it, and how this principle contributes to stability, justice, and abidance by law in society.
 The third group of sources consists of scientific papers, the subject of study of which is the determination of directions for improving the activities of the judiciary under the rule of law. These studies can serve as a basis for developing strategies for reforms and improvements in the judicial system with the aim of bringing it closer to high standards of the rule of law and meeting the exigencies of society.
 It is summarized that numerous scientific studies of the problems of the judiciary and the rule of law lay a solid foundation for the further development of the relevant provisions in order to strengthen the effectiveness of the judiciary. However, the indicated problems require systematic study, taking into account the need to improve social standards.

Coping with COVID-19: Standing up a comprehensive behavioral health response to the pandemic.

Integrating behavioral health (BH) into disaster preparedness and response is essential to mitigate and address the BH impacts of disasters, support incident response personnel well-being, and to integrate disaster BH concepts into response strategies and communications. This article describes the development, implementation, and lessons learned from a statewide BH response to this disaster by the COVID-19 Behavioral Health Group (COVID-19 BHG). Operating within the Washington State Department of Health (WA DOH), the BHG is comprised of psychologists and psychiatrists with expertise in disaster BH and response, BH epidemiologists, data analysts, systems specialists, emergency managers, and other DOH staff. The wide array of expertise on the team allowed the COVID-19 BHG to build response functions to match the demands created by the pandemic. This included an Impact & Capacity Assessment function, which developed and distributed monthly impact forecasts and weekly BH situational reports. A Training and Guidance team then collaborated with partners to develop and deliver trainings, resource documents, and public messaging. Additionally, the COVID-19 BHG worked closely with the Health Care Authority (HCA) and BH organizations statewide to maintain the ability of the BH system to deliver care and expand services to meet additional needs. This article describes the development and deployment of an innovative and unique statewide BH response, within the WA DOH during the COVID-19 pandemic.

World experience in the application of low-energy electron irradiation in agriculture

According to the long-term observations of the FAO, losses of plant-based agricultural products are estimated to be between 10 and 30 %. The main causes of these losses are plant pathogens, spoilage microorganisms, and insect pests. The study discusses the problems of ensuring phytosanitary safety of agricultural products and proposes the use of radiation technology instead of chemical treatment. Radiation technology has a long history of research and application, spanning over 75 years. The most extensive and detailed data on the application of this technology have been obtained for gamma installations, which use natural radioactive isotopes. Lowenergy (less than 300 keV) electron accelerators were invented relatively recently, so the question of their use in agriculture is relevant. Treatment with low-energy electron radiation combines all the advantages of radiation treatment of food and agricultural products with gamma radiation, and at the same time, significantly reduces the risk of damage to biological structures inside the irradiated object due to the low penetrating power of the radiation. This study notes that low-energy electron accelerators can be successfully used to combat plant infectious diseases, reducing the amount of plant pathogens on seeds, without affecting their growth parameters. The use of low-energy electron irradiation to prevent microbiological spoilage is also discussed. The nutritional qualities of irradiated products are not significantly altered. The method of radiation disinfestation (control of insect pests) using low-energy electron radiation has also proven to be effective. However, it should be noted that additional research is necessary to determine the optimal doses of low-energy radiation for each type of product and to ensure safety for human health and the environment. Generally, the use of radiation technology in agriculture has great potential and can become an effective means of improving productivity and food safety. This method of food processing has been recognized as safe for human health by several authoritative international organizations, including the UN (FAO), WHO, IAEA, and others.

Concept «municipal law – a complex branch of law»: a critical analysis of modern approaches

Purpose. The purpose of the article is a critical analysis of the point of view common in modern legal science regarding the understanding of municipal law as a complex branch of law. Methodology. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and a synthesis of available scientific and theoretical information. It is includes the formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. Such methods of scientific knowledge were used: systemic and structural-functional methods – used to identify features of municipal law as an independent branch of law; the sociological method was used in the analysis of internal and external factors and social processes that determined the evolution of municipal law, as well as in the analysis of the current state of its development in Ukraine; formal-logical method – to determine the main concepts, legal bases of conflict resolution in understanding the legal nature of municipal law; the semantic method was applied to clarify the meaning of such phrases as «municipal law», «branch of law», «municipal power», «municipal human rights», etc., their meaning in the context of the formation of the theory of modern municipal law. Results: In the process of research, it was recognized that municipal law is an independent branch of law, and the concept of understanding it as a complex branch of law is theoretically erroneous and practically harmful. Originality. In the process of research, it was established that municipal law as an independent branch of law has its own specific subject of regulation, its own characteristics, and does not consist of the norms of various homogeneous branches of law as some secondary regulatory entity. This is confirmed by the specificity of the tasks of legal regulation of relations related to the organization and functioning of municipal authorities, as well as the implementation and protection of municipal human rights. Practical significance. The results of the research can be used in law-making work – as theoretical material for improving the municipal legal regulation of the organization and activities of local self-government as a type of public power in Ukraine; in the research field – for further development of the theory of municipal law; in the educational process – during the preparation of relevant sections of textbooks and educational aids on the municipal law of Ukraine and foreign countries, teaching of relevant educational disciplines and special courses.

Africans in London: Chronicle of the Union of West African Students

Research interest in the problems of the young generation of the countries of the African continent, including students, has noticeably increased over the last decades. The student youth, called the “conscience of the nation” in African countries, for a long time has been one of the most organized streams of the democratic movement and continues to play a prominent role in national processes. However, the student movement is a very complex and contradictory phenomenon, feeding numerous hotbeds and centers of intense search for national identity and struggle for their rights and freedoms. The authors of this article saw their task in an objective examination of the experience of one of the most famous and authoritative student organizations, mainly in the historical and cultural context. The article is dedicated to the history of the Union of West African Students’ Union (WASU) – one of the largest organizations of African students who lived and studied in Great Britain in the first half of the 20th century. The historical and cultural perspective of representation was not chosen by the authors of the article by chance. The activities of the WASU are closely connected with the problems of the national liberation movement in West Africa, though it also performed various tasks to protect the interests and rights of students in London and in the UK and therefore holds a key place in the history of the African Diaspora. The authors examine in detail the stages of the ideological and political formation and development of the WASU – from the Union of Students of African Descent, which existed in London at the turn of the second and the third decades of the 20th century, to the extinction of the WASU in the early 1960s. The authors show that for all its weaknesses, mistakes, theoretical immaturity and eclecticism of ideological attitudes, it was the WASU that had formed the anti-colonial agenda in Africa implemented during the national liberation struggle at the turn of 1950–60s in most countries on the continent. In a number of countries in West Africa, after the declaration of independence, former members and leaders of the Union came to power. Among them are Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904–1996), etc. The authors offer a new look at the phenomenon of African students, who were equally capable to fight for their interests and the interests of the nation and at the same time expressed conformist sentiments to the colonial authorities and post-colonial reality.

The Supervision of Schools and the Language of the Czechoslovak Administration. On the Example of School Committees in the Bilingual Moravia

Based primarily on printed sources this study examines the building process of educational sector in the first years of Czechoslovakia, with a special emphasis on the issue of the supervisory bodies. Especially primary schools were considered by the so-called nationalist activists, both before and after 1918, strategic for building of the national education. School boards and then school committees played besides others an important role in the school enrolment, a key factor in the rise or fall of individual schools and language communities. Therefore, the process of creation of the school committees in the year 1921 is researched in particular. After the dissolution of the monarchy, a new organization of the school authorities and schools went hand in hand with a new language of the Czechoslovak administration. New laws, role of school boards and later committees, communication between them and teachers from primary schools are researched as well. Through the stenographic records of the Czechoslovak National Assembly and through other sources, the aforementioned points are analysed, on the example of the ethnically or linguistically mixed area of the former Crown land Moravia. The interests of the Czech nationalist activists clashed there with interests of the German nationalist activists. The Czech and German district school boards, as the supervision authorities, were abolished and new school committees were to be established instead. In the linguistically mixed regions they remained separated, which brought political disputes. At the same time, the daily agenda of schools, teachers and pupils’ demands could not be hindered. Ministry of Education and National Enlightenment called for speeding up the administrative steps.

Identifying False Information in the Era of Big Data

The emergence and dissemination of false information in the era of big data has greatly affected people's lives, and identifying and correcting such false information is critical to the safety of personal information property and public health. To understand how the public is "influenced" by fake news, this paper surveyed 303 respondents from different ages. Controlled experiments were conducted based on which social platforms they were active on a daily basis, whether the information they often received could be identified as true or false, and whether they were willing to share this information with those around them. In each experiment, the study predicted the accuracy of different groups' judgments of true or false messages, as well as their willingness to share the messages with those around them. In both experiments, information from authoritative organizations or institutions significantly increased the accuracy of participants' judgments and their willingness to share the information with others. In addition, the results of the post-experiment questionnaire showed that participants would consider the authenticity and reliability of the corrected information sources and would confirm them by themselves.

Interventions to change antimicrobial use in livestock: A scoping review and an impact pathway analysis of what works, how, for whom and why.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health threat responsible for 700,000 deaths per year worldwide. Antimicrobial use (AMU) in livestock contributes to AMR in animal and public health. Therefore, it is essential to implement effective interventions towards better AMU in livestock. However, there is a lack of evidence to inform decision-makers of what works, how, for whom and why and how effective interventions can be adapted to different contexts. We conducted a scoping review and an impact pathway analysis to systematically map the research done in this area and to inform evidence-based and context-appropriate policies. We followed the PRISMA-ScR requirements and searched Web of Science, PubMed and Scopus databases to identify studies in English or French languages, in open access and published between 2000 and 2022. We selected thirty references addressing twenty-eight different interventions that were successful in changing AMU in livestock. We used an impact pathway logic model as an analytic framework to guide the technical aspects of the scoping review process and to identify the complex relationships between outputs, outcomes, impacts and contextual factors. A majority of interventions managed to improve AMU by changing herd and health management practices (ni=18). We identified intermediate outcomes including change in the veterinarian-farmer relationship (ni=7), in knowledge and perception (ni=6), and in motivation and confidence (ni=1). Twenty-two studies recorded positive impacts on animal health and welfare (ni=11), technical performances (ni=9), economic performances (ni=4) and AMR reduction (ni=4). Interventions implemented different strategies including herd and health management support (ni=20), norms and standards (ni=11), informational and educational measures (ni=10), economic support (ni=5). Studies were mainly in European countries and in pig and large ruminants farming. Most interventions targeted farmers or veterinarians but we identified other major and influential actors including authority and governmental organizations, academics and research, organization of producers or veterinarians, herd advisors and technicians, laboratories, and public opinion. Key success factors were knowledge and perception (ni=14), social factors (ni=13), intervention characteristics (ni=11), trajectory and ecosystem of change (ni=11), economic factors (ni=9), herd and health status (ni=8), data access and monitoring (ni=4). This review describes a paucity of impact assessment of interventions towards better AMU in livestock. There is no one-size-fits-all transition pathway but we inform decision-makers about the most successful interventions that work, how, for whom and why. The impact pathway analysis provided a holistic view of the successful change processes and the complex relationships between outputs, outcomes, impacts and contexts.

The Leadership Experience of Advanced Practice Nurses in a Tertiary Hospital Setting : Focus Group Interview

Purpose : This study aimed to identify and describe the leadership experience of advanced practice nurses (APN).Methods : Data were collected through five focus group interviews in 2022 with a total of 24 APNs in groups of 4-6 participants. All interviews were recorded, transcribed, and data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.Results : Nine categories emerged from three main themes. First, “Roles of APN leadership” comprised a trusted clinical expert, a moderator for the entire team, a resource person for nurturing the next generation, and a change agent for improving clinical practice. Second, “Facilitators and barriers to APN leadership” included ambiguity of APN role, support system, and institutional backing. Third, “Strategies for strengthening APN leadership competencies” comprised systematic leadership education and speaking up for APNs.Conclusion : APNs are passionate about their expertise and practice, but lack the legal and organizational authority and support to provide successive leadership. Systematic education including leadership and organizational advocacy will enable APN to provide leadership that benefits patients, institutions, and the wider healthcare system.

A brief analysis of the dilemma China’s housing market encountered- the formation process of the domestic housing market and what course to follow

This paper aims to discuss the dramatic impact of the pandemic on China’s housing industry and the underlying problems of the industry. Many seemingly strange circumstances happened in China, such as the continuously growing housing bubble and the housing prices that have not fallen in the recent decade. This paper uses the statistics collected by the authoritative data collection organization, the banks, and the housing agencies in Shanghai and the previous economics theory to briefly analyze China’s housing industry’s current situation and drawbacks and help explain the dilemmas as mentioned earlier. China’s housing market has its particularity, which makes it distinct from the markets in Western countries. This makes it hard to mechanically apply the old crisis theories to China’s market. Consequently, the actual situation, such as the government’s policy, must be taken into consideration- for example, in big cities, parking space prices rose even faster than housing prices. Different from ordinary economic analysis, the paper was written from the perspective of an ordinary citizen who had witnessed the growth of China’s housing market. For this reason, financial aspects and other aspects, such as the people’s livelihood and other industries, were considered. China’s housing bubble was gradually formed for many historical reasons, and its elimination will also take a long time. However, with our government and our people’s cooperation and coordination, it can be made sure that our market will be on the right track one day.

The Effect of Distributive Justice, Procedural Justice, Interactional Justice on Engagement and Village Apparatus Performance in Indonesia

Indonesia is the third largest democracy in the world, in an effort to improve the quality of democracy, Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government and Law No. 6 of 2014 concerning Villages were drafted. Development is expected to be carried out based on the authority of government organisations at the central level, provincial level, district level, sub-district level and village level. This study aims to investigate the effect of distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice on village apparatus engagement, investigate the effect of distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice on village apparatus performance, the effect of village apparatus engagement on village apparatus performance and the effect of distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice on village apparatus performance through village apparatus engagement. This study uses the following research methods: the research sample totalled 340 respondents with non-probability sampling technique, model measurement using Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and structural test model using Stuctural Equation Model (SEM).The results showed that 1) distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice have a positive and significant influence on village apparatus attachment, 2) distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice have a positive and significant influence on village apparatus performance, 3) village apparatus engagementhas a positive and significant impact on village apparatus performance, 4) village apparatus engagementplays an important role as a mediator in influencing between distributive justice, procedural justice, interactional justice, and village apparatus performance. These findings suggest that an increase in justice within the village apparatus can strengthen the village apparatus' attachment, which in turn, improves its performance in carrying out the duties and responsibilities of the village apparatus.This research has important implications for village governance management. Village governments and other stakeholders may consider efforts to improve fairness in resource allocation and decision-making processes within the village apparatus. In addition, increasing the engagement of village apparatus members through the development of relationships among village apparatus members and ethical interactions may also improve their performance.

ADMISSION TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE FORMATION OF THE DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC AND THE LUHANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC WITHIN IT: CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL INTEGRATION

On the basis of the new constitutions of the DPR and LPR and federal legislation, the characteristicfeatures of the legal and institutional integration of these territories with the Russian Federation areidentified and disclosed. These features include the reflection in the new constitutions of the DPR and LPRof the socio-political situation and the transitional nature of their statehood; the specifics of the content incomparison with other subjects of the Russian Federation in matters of the organization and activities of public authorities in the newly united territories; features of the relationship between individual federal andrepublican state authorities proper

Development of Public Power in Judicial Acts and Legal Positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation: To the 30th Anniversary of the Constitution of the Russian Federation

The paper analyzes the main legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation since the 1990s until 2023 on the organization and functioning of public authority in Russia in the context of the theory of the «living» Constitution of Russia. To expand on the topic the author dwells upon the legal positions of the constitutional control body as an explanation of the norms of the Russian Constitution, which influences the law-making process and law enforcement practice. Based on the analysis of judicial acts, the main constitutional characteristics of public power are determined: inclusion of municipal government in its composition (the presence of organizational isolation of local government bodies with their functional unity with state power); continuous functioning and historical succession of public power; exercise of public power at the level of the Federation, constituent entities of the Federation, municipalities with the inadmissibility of violating each other’s competence by these levels. It is noted that the main task of state building may be to bring the activities of public authorities closer to the forms of democracy, as well as the development of their direct connections through public discussions between public authorities and the people, society, and citizens.

Local Health Department Values and Organizational Authorities Guiding Cross-Sector Work During COVID-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the role that local health departments (LHDs) have in cross sector can address alone, including the work of value alignment and the strategic use of organizational authorities. The practices by which LHDs used their authorities to conduct cross-sector work during the pandemic need exploration. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 public health leaders from metropolitan LHDs across the United States. Our interview guide assessed the values that LHD leadership prioritized in their cross-sector work as well as the range of organizational authorities they leveraged to influence external decision-making in other sectors. We found that LHDs approached cross-sector work by leaning on diverse values and authorities, each with unique implications for their work. The LHDs emphasized their approach to value alignment on a sector-by-sector basis, strategically using diverse organizational authorities-economic, political, moral, scientific, and logistical. While each authority and value we assessed was present across all interviewees, how each shaped action varied. Internally, LHDs emphasized certain authorities more than others to the degree that they more closely aligned with prioritized core values. Our findings highlight the ongoing need for LHD leadership to improve their ability to effectively communicate public health values and the unique authorities by which health-supporting work can be facilitated, including how this message must be adapted, depending on the specific sectors with which the LHD needs to partner and the governance arrangement in which the LHD is situated.

LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE SYSTEM OF UNIFIED PUBLIC AUTHORITY

In this article, the author considers the problems associated with the modern formulation and implementation of the principle of unity of public authorities, state and municipal. Particular attention is paid to the latently existing public authority and the changes that need to be made to regional and federal legislation. The emphasis is on the implementation of social values and guidelines for the principles of organization of state and municipal authorities at different stages of state building. Based on the varying principles of Soviet and modern, it is shown that there is a lot of invariable characterizing the identity of Russian society. The search for unifying principles of interaction is submitted for discussion - the unity of public interests, based not on the principle of supremacy, but on the basis of weighing dierent interests, that is, ndinga balance between the conficting state and municipal. Such an approach will allow us to renew our perception through a synthesis of what is permissible, what is desired, and what should be.

SCIENCE OF MUNICIPAL LAW AT LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY

The article discusses the features of teaching municipal law at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University. This was in uenced by various factors, the central place among which is the dynamics of ideas about the essence of local self-government. The issues of teaching municipal law at Moscow University are traditionally included in the range of tasks of the department related to the organization of state power - the department of state law, Soviet construction, now - the department of constitutional and municipal law. The teachers of the department have made and continue to make to the formation of local self-government and Russian statehood. Devoting their work to the problems of the organization and activities of local authorities, the teachers of the department, on the one hand, maintained the continuity of scienti c views, strengthening the traditions of the national state-law school, and on the other hand, they created the foundation for future statelegal (constitutionallegal) transformations, sensitively responding to the requirements of the time, and sometimes ahead of them. Special attention is drawn to the fact that the issues of teaching municipal law at Moscow University are traditionally included in the range of tasks of the department related to the organization of state power - the department of state law and Soviet construction, now - the department of constitutional and municipal law. The paper points to the contribution that the teachers of the department have made and continue to make to the formation of local self-government and Russian statehood as a whole.