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Abstract. The article analyzes the «state service» category, which is one of the institutions through which important functions of state power are implemented. It is emphasized that the present with a high degree of probability proves the need for constant improvement of legal support for the activities of state authorities, which aims to solve urgent problems in the state caused by a number of factors, among which are global transformational processes that are taking place in almost all key spheres of state and social life.

Abstrakt. Każde państwo demokratyczne, ceniące wartości demokratyczne, funkcjonuje dzięki podstawom prawnym, na których opierają się wszystkie bez wyjątku instytucje prawne w państwie. Bez zasad stanowienia prawa legalność nie będzie wspierana w żadnym demokratycznym systemie prawnym państwa. W artykule przedstawiono główne zasady stanowienia prawa przez terytorialne władze publiczne w Polsce i w Ukrainie.

The article analyzes corruption as a result of inefficient public administration in our country. It is noted that it is the state that is obliged to carry out purposeful activities in the fight against corruption at all levels of state power by creating a state-legal mechanism for eradicating corruption, eliminating the prerequisites for its existence through the implementation of a system of preventive measures, both legal and organizational.

The article is devoted to the mutual influence of processes of decentralization of power and establishment of civil society. The usefulness and functionality of decentralization for democratization of public administration are revealed. The factors that lead to revitalization of civil society development in the course of decentralization of power are analyzed.

The mechanisms of interaction between state power and opposition in European countries have passed through various channels of formation and development. According to this criterion, the states of Europe can be divided into stable democracies with long traditions and young democracies, the formation of which took place at the turn of the 80-90s of the twentieth century respectively. The first group includes France, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, the Benelux countries and the Scandinavian countries.

The article analyzes modern concepts of understanding the phenomenon of "civil society" on the basis of a significant array of source base, both domestic and foreign. In particular, an attempt was made to systematize and classify research approaches to understanding the content, patterns of formation and development of civil society in modern world and Ukrainian scientific discourse. Thus, we can distinguish at least seven relatively independent research approaches and many more attempts to synergistically combine different of them in certain authorial combinations.

The article analyzes the principles of interaction between state power and opposition, focuses on the content and nature of each. The authors’ proposals on their legislative fixing and regulatory regulation of mechanisms for their implementation are provided. It is noted that the legal and factual conditions for the peaceful coexistence of state power and opposition are the benchmark for assessing the democratic maturity of any political system.

The article covers political, historical, legal, constitutional issues of state-church relations, the importance of spiritual values as an object of constitutional-legal relations, the formation and implementation of legislation on freedom of religion in Lviv. The importance of holding the All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council in Kyiv on December 15, 2018 is underlined. The decision of the Council became the legal basis for the creation of an autocephalous local Orthodox Church.

The influence of legal regulation on the state unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine is
investigated. It is determined that the sovereignty of Ukraine extends over the whole territory, the
territorial structure is based on the principles of unity and integrity of the state territory within the
existing borders. State unity and integrity of the state territory means that the constituent parts of the
state are inextricably interconnected, characterized by internal unity. Territorial unity and integrity

The article analyzes problems of legal regulation of interaction between state power andopposition. The attention is drawn to the potential constitutional and legislative forms ofinteraction between the government and the opposition. The authors’ suggestion sonsolvingproblems of interaction of state power and oppositioninUkraine are presented