It is impossible to imagine modern life without education. It allows a person to learn something new, to know the reality around, to realize their abilities, to reveal their talents, to find a vocation in life. Education is not only the process of learning new information, but it is also the upbringing and development of the individual, their exposure to the world and national culture, the formation of a certain system of values. Currently, there are several problems in education, like in any other public sphere, that cause active discussion in society and require resolution at the legislative level. This article presents a legal study of spiritual education, taking into account its legal regulation and implementation in Russia at the present stage. The authors of the article consider the most important aspects of the implementation of the right to spiritual education in Russia and conduct a comparative legal analysis of the Russian legislation on spiritual education. The article considers the types of educational organizations that provide religious education and their educational programs, describes the foreign experience of religious education, and conducts a systematic analysis of educational standards of higher education. The authors identify current problems in the field of organization and implementation of religious education, give recommendations for their solution, and indicate areas for improving legislation on religious education. It is concluded that the introduction of subjects teaching religion in educational institutions is legal in compliance with the principle of voluntary choice of education.

The article examines the question of the implementation of the Federal Law No. 422 "On Conducting an Experiment to Establish a Special Tax Regime "Tax on Professional Income" in the City of Federal Significance Moscow, the Moscow and Kaluga Regions, and in the Republic of Tatarstan (Tatarstan)". The authors considered the main prerequisites for the adoption of the Federal Law No. 422, and also analyzed the positive trends in the development of the entrepreneurial activity of the self-employed. The paper reveals deficiencies in the legislative framework for the activities of the self-employed population and formulates suggestions for improving the preferential tax regime for the self-employed category of citizens

Environmental law is an actively developing branch of law in all countries, including Russia. Changes in the sphere of legal regulation of environmental management, protection and safety as an element of national security, like in any other branch of law, are due to the need to constantly improve the legal regulation of social relations. However, changes in the field of environmental law are particularly dynamic. This is due to, on the one hand, the continuing growth of adverse effects on the environment and, on the other hand, the development of new resource and energy-saving technologies and the need for their more active implementation in economic activities, as well as the application of effective management procedures. The article suggests directions for the development of the environmental law branch management in the Russian legal system. First, the norms of environmental law are now becoming fundamental in terms of ensuring basic human rights and freedoms, primarily, the right to life and health protection. Second, the norms of environmental law must be aimed at ensuring the well-being of future generations. Third, it is the complex intersectoral nature of environmental law and, accordingly, the breadth and diversity of sources containing the norms of environmental law. Finally, it is the global nature of environmental problems and, accordingly, the need to coordinate the efforts of the international community in matters of legal regulation of environmental protection, as well as the international exchange of experience in this area and focus on the experience of countries that have achieved the most significant results in the development of environmental legislation.

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The article analyzes problems of poor legal regulation of relationships in the Internet when the network is used as a mean of information dissemination. The article focuses on the analysis of judgements in cases involving organizations that distribute software designed for maintenance of the companies' paper flow, when such cases reveal evidences of non-licensed use of information. Gaps are identified in possibility to use civil methods of information protection traditional for the Russian system of justice. The authors found some inefficient information protection methods considering the level of processes and technology development, such as watermarks on the images, information depositing in Web-depository. The articles draw special attention to the requirements that an author and owner may put forward to information protection in the Internet.