state power

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.

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 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 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

Philosophical maintenance of functioning of the legal state opens up in the state known theory of B. Kistyakovsky. The modern state of ukrainianstate known necessitates rethinking the foundations of theoretical and philosophical-legal state understanding as the real, objective phenomenon, that is in permanent development, exists not self on itself, but in close connection with the economic, political, spiritual terms of the society life, with human nature, its necessities.