Articles

The article discusses the legal status of the germ cells donor according to the legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan. The author draws attention to the problems of such regulation and justifies the need for a legislative ban on donation of germ cells by amending the Health Code of the Republic of Tajikistan.

The article deals with the history of the Privy Council of Great Britain, legal nature of its appellate jurisdiction, role of royal prerogative and the Privy Council in the implementation of British colonial policy. Significant place is given to the legal issues of the implementation of the right of appeal from the colonies and dominions to the Privy Council.

We consider peasant’s custom as a source of law during the period of founding of Soviet State and Civil War (1917–1921). We proved that in this period central and local Soviet authorities used pre-revolutionary custom in adjudication of division of peasant’s property.

The article is devoted to the elaboration of norms on the conditions of validity of the Treaty in the drafting of The civil code of the Russian Empire in the late XIX — early XX century.

Article deals with issues concerning the relationship of general theory of state and law with the theory of Russian state and law. The author presumes that the general theory of state and law is the basis for the formation and development of the theory of the Russian state and law.

This article dedicates a series of works on the formation and evolution of sovereign immunity in law and practice of the United Kingdom during the period from the XIX to the beginning of the XXI century. The article includes report on the practical implementation of the concept of sovereignty, questions of fact and law, which were the subject of consideration in English courts in case The Parlement Belge (1878–1880), the final decision on which formed a constant precedent for the next eighty years.

The role of legal reference systems in the legislation changes systematization in recent decades is studied. Various possibilities of working with legislation news in the modern legal reference systems are considered. Conclusions are made about main directions of systematization of legislation changes for use in law enforcement practice and strategic planning of legislation modernization.

The article gives insight on how the Internet get the principal working tool in both designation under sanction program and administration of US sanctions regimes. At the same time, the article contains conclusions on what Russian legal entities and individuals, who do not want to be designated, should take into account.

The article is devoted to the peculiarities of the legal assessment of the death of a patient as a result of poorly provided medical services under art. 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and the delineation of this crime from Part 2 of Art. 109 of the Criminal Code.