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Almanac of law. Issue 16 (2025), pages 201–206.

DOI: 10.33663/2524-017X-2025-16-201-206

Kysil L. E.
Special legal regulation as a sign of the legal regime of martial law

In the doctrine of administrative law, the issue of the features and constituent elements of the legal regime of martial law has been debated for a long time. Based on the analysis of relevant scientific works, a general conclusion was made about the existence of a certain list of features of this concept. It is emphasized that the special legal regulation, as one of the features of the legal regime of martial law, in practice raises many questions, up to the idea of generating conflicts in the legal regulation of the same social relations, which actualizes the chosen topic of research.

Special legal regulation is studied using the example of Part 4 of Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine «On the Legal Regime of Martial Law». It has been proven that there is no contradiction between the specified norm and the norms of the special laws «On the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights», «On the National Bank of Ukraine», «On the Mass Media», «On the Parliament’s regulations», regarding the grounds for dismissal from the positions of the Chairman and other members of the Accounting Chamber, Ombudsman of Ukraine, half of the members of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine, half of the members of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, and the Head of the Office of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. It is substantiated that the purpose of the norm laid down in Part 4 of Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine «On the Legal Regime of Martial Law» is the possibility of a quick and effective response to the challenges of wartime (state), to the compliance of a person holding a high-level position with these challenges, and in general, to the response to possible decisions, actions, inaction of relevant officials, and even to their extra-service activities; the term of validity of the specified norm is limited to the period of validity of the legal regime of martial law. It is emphasized that the introduction by the legislator in Part 4 of Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine «On the Legal Regime of Martial Law» of the institution of distrust in the above-mentioned persons as an additional ground for their dismissal corresponds to the content of paragraphs 16, 17, 19, 20, 35 of Part 1 of Article 85 of the Constitution of Ukraine, which provide for the relevant powers of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and does not violate the limits of constitutional regulation. It is noted that since the issue of trust/no-trust is in the political sphere and may not always be based on clear legal facts, this can be considered a discretionary power of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

Key words: legal regime of martial law, special legal regulation, conflict of laws, discretionary authority, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.

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