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  5. Substitution of concepts as a type of legislative error: the need for scientific consideration

Almanac of law. Issue 15 (2024), pages 455–465.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2024-15-455-465

Fuley T. I.
Substitution of concepts as a type of legislative error: the need for scientific consideration

The article is devoted to the problem of substitution of concepts in legislative acts. Considering the substitution of concepts as a law-making technique based on a logical error, as a result of which the true meaning of the phenomenon is distorted, and subsequently, in public consciousness the perception of replaced/distorted content is fixed, the author provides several examples from current laws, which illustrate such substitution, i.e., one concept or term is replaced by another, a different meaning is added to the specific concept, phenomena that are different in their essence are equated, etc.). Among the examples of such substitution of concepts are the following: legislative definition of «the principle of the rule of law» in the Code of the Administrative Proceedings, the Criminal Procedural Code and the Law on the State Service as such, according to which «the human being, his or her life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security are recognized in Ukraine as the highest social value and determine the essence and orientation of the activity of the State», as stipulated in the Art.3 of the Constitution; the concept of access to justice in the Criminal Procedural Code and the Law on Judiciary and Status of Judges; using terms such as «right to benefits, guarantees and compensation» or «right to recalculation» as the equivalent of «human rights»; methods of «be likened to» (when different categories of subjects, persons, types of experience, etc. has been equated) etc. The given examples demonstrate that the substitution of concepts concerns many legal phenomena (legislative definitions, terminology used by the legislator, subject composition, etc.) and leads to serious consequences. The substitution of concepts should be considered as a separate type of legislative error, which requires further scientific research.

Key words: legislative error, substitution of concepts, the rule of law, access to justice, the law, human rights.

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Tetyana Ivanivna Fuley,
Head of the Department of Scientific Research into Judicial Problems
and Scientific and Methodological Support for Judicial Education
of the National School of Judges of Ukraine,
Candidate of Law
ORCID: 0000-0002-9800-8785

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