Trends of the reform of the system of the court of Ukraine from the time of independence and to the presentation

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  • Olena Uliutina National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31548/law2019.04.014

Abstract

The article deals with the tendencies of reforming the system of judicial system of Ukraine, namely from the beginning of independence to the present. The content of the Concept of Judicial Reform in Ukraine in 1992 and its impact on the judicial system before the adoption of the 1996 Constitution of Ukraine was analyzed. It also focuses on the role and significance of the «Small Judicial Reform» for the Ukrainian judicial system. The main legal acts that formed the «Small Judicial Reform» are being studied. Attention is drawn to the key points that have shaped the unified tendency towards «Great Judicial Reform in Ukraine». In addition, an analysis of the causes of reform and changes in the judicial system in Ukraine is being carried out. The analysis of such normative legal acts is carried out by the Constitution of Ukraine (as amended in accordance with the Law of Ukraine «On Amendments to the Constitution of  Ukraine» (on Justice of 2 June 2016), the Law of Ukraine «On the Judiciary and Status of Judges» of 2 June 2016 The Law of Ukraine «On the bodies and persons carry in gout then for cement of court decisions and decisions of other bodies» of  2 June 2016, the Law of Ukraine «On Enforcement Proceedings» of  2 June, 2016, the Law of Ukraine «On the High Council of Justice» of  21 December 2016, updated procedural law the Constitutional Court of Ukraine «On Amendments to the Commercial Procedural Code of Ukraine, of the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine, the Code of Administrative Legal Proceedings of Ukraine and other legislative acts» of October 3, 2017. In addition, the connection and impact of the «Small Judicial Reform» with the «Great Judicial Reform».

Keywords: Concept of judicial reform in Ukraine, reform of the judicial system, «Small judicial reform», «Great judicial reform», judicial system, court system

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Published

2019-12-02

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Administrative Law and Process