local self-government

This article provides a comprehensive political-legal analysis of the functioning of democratic institutions during martial law and in the post-war period in Ukraine. The author argues that the prospects of democracy after the war directly depend on the extent to which democracy is able to protect itself during wartime. The stability of a democratic regime is contingent on both state authorities and civil society. Jointly, they must ensure a balanced relationship between state security and human rights.

The article provides a comprehensive theoretical and legal analysis of the concept and essence of municipal rulemaking in the context of the latest legislative framework introduced by the Law of Ukraine No. 3354-IX "On Law-Making Activity" dated August 24, 2023. The relevance of the research is determined by the need for a scholarly conceptualization of unified approaches to the creation of legal acts and their implementation at the local level amidst the completion of the decentralization reform.

 Within the framework of European integration, the institution of control over the activities of local self-government bodies in Ukraine is gaining relevance. This is a fairly new institution that has not been fully regulated at the level of national legislation. The Law of Ukraine ‘On Local Self-Government’ contains only one provision that mentions that state control over local self-government bodies is carried out on the basis of the law.

The scientific article is devoted to the study of the activities of local self-government bodies during the period of martial law in ensuring the functioning of society, characterization of the concept, competence and features of local self-government bodies, and types of local selfgovernment bodies. The article examines the scientific and regulatory approaches to defining the most important functions of local authorities, in particular, ensuring the constitutional rights and security of citizens.

The article deals with the current state and prospects for developing decentralization in public administration by transferring managerial functions and central authorities’ powers to the local administration level. The article emphasizes that despite being tested by war, Ukrainian decentralization received an impeccable assessment from the European Commission, which preceded granting our country the candidate status for the European Union membership. The history of decentralization is analyzed, and successive stages are singled out.

Abstract. The article comprehensively theorizes and analyzes the unique aspects of legal regulations governing the operations of local self-government bodies during Ukraine's period of martial law. It presents specific proposals aimed at enhancing the legislation that oversees this sphere of power and legal relations. The article emphasizes the critical role of local self-government bodies during times of conflict, highlighting their continued significance as a crucial mechanism in upholding the efficient functioning of public authority and the state's defense capabilities.

The article analyzes the peculiarities of the functioning of local self-government in the conditions of martial law. It has been found that local self-government in Ukraine is a state-guaranteed right and real ability of a territorial community - residents of a village or a voluntary association of residents of several villages, towns, cities into a rural community - independently or under the responsibility of local self-government bodies and officials of local importance within the limits of the Constitution and laws of Ukraine.

Formulation of the problem. The regulatory and legal principles of the competence of state authorities and local self-government in Ukraine formation have been studied. The contents of the Ukraine key laws regarding local self-government bodies and modern concepts of their activities are disclosed. It was found that there is no unified conceptual vision of the local self-government bodies status, competencies, and responsibilities in Ukraine.

The necessity of forming a communicative system of public administration as a way of ensuring the coordination of activities of state, self-governing, public and media authorities in management of social processes is grounded. The theoretical and methodological principles of formation of the communicative system of public management and its structural and functional model are defined.

Problem setting. The process of decentralization, which was initiated in order to strengthen the material and financial basis of local self-government, requires the latest approaches to its implementation, given the complexity of the process, the large number of issues of the functioning of the territorial communities, which it covers and the ambiguity of the consequences it leads to.