From a documentary methodology, the objective of the article was to analyze the administrative and legal regulation of space tourism and the characteristics of this form of tourism as a type of space activity. In legal perspective, space tourism as any type of relationship must be regulated, including in the administrative and legal sense, because the role of the State in the regulation of these relationships is of particular importance and, in our opinion, requires special attention and legal analysis. A characteristic feature of the administrative and legal regulation of space tourism is that one of the participants in these relations are corporations that develop the space industry, including space tourism, and the state creates a legal basis for the development of these relations and if it applies to the developed space industry, invests in this activity and promotes develop-ment in all possible directions. Therefore, we believe that special attention should be paid to the administrative and legal regulation of space tourism. It is concluded that the administrative and legal regulation of space tourism is a deliberate influence of the norms of administrative law on the regulation of social relations arising in the field of space tourism.

The article is devoted to the review and systematization of the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of administrative and legal support of the education system in Ukraine that dominate in domestic legal science. The authors focus on the issues of taking into account the peculiarities of the current state of education and its administrative and legal support, as well as the dynamics of their development, in any study. The study takes into account the views of domestic researchers on the role of philosophy of law and the theory of humanitarian logic. It was found that the methodology of analysis researchers include: philosophical and philosophical approaches; general scientific methods; group methods. Instead, the logic of humanitarian knowledge is formed on the basis of the logic of historical knowledge, the specificity of which is manifested in the special meaning of singular sets that receive direct and indirect meaning, form the appropriate logical connections in drawing conclusions. Approaches to the use of existentialism as a current of modern idealist philosophy are outlined, in the plane of which society is opposed to the individual, the objectivity of being is denied, but only human existence and subjective experiences are considered real. Particular attention is paid to systemic and synergetic approaches as the most relevant for use in the study of administrative and legal support of the education system. The advantage of a systematic approach is the ability to apply almost all the tools of scientific knowledge. At the same time, its disadvantage is the neglect of the features of individual components of the system. The use of a synergetic approach makes it possible not only to understand the processes occurring in the study area, but also to identify existing and projected results of the interaction of system components.

The article is devoted to the analysis of the current state of legal regulation of firearms circulation in Ukraine and prospects for its improvement. The authors focus on the issue of uncontrolled proliferation of firearms, as evidenced by statistics on the seizure of firearms and ammunition  by law enforcement agencies. It is emphasized that the large number of unregistered firearms in the hands of the population, together with the violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the aggravation of the criminogenic situation, determine the urgency of creating a state register of firearms and the adoption of the Law of Ukraine aimed at proper administrative regulation circulation in Ukraine. The study takes into account the views of domestic scientists on weapons as a concept, features of its use, application and the need for legal regulation of related processes. A review of lawmaking was conducted, which showed that in recent years there have been repeated attempts to adopt the Law of Ukraine, designed to regulate legal relations regarding the acquisition, storage, carrying, use of firearms by civilians. Only during 2021 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine discussed three such bills - № 4335-1 of November 24, 2020, № 5708 of June 25, 2021 and № 5708-1 of July 13, 2021. All of them were considered by the Committee on Law Enforcement Activities of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. It was found that only one of the listed bills received the approval of the relevant Committee. At the same time, it also contains a number of controversial provisions, which, in the opinion of the authors, do not allow to support its adoption in the current version. The need to align the draft law with Directive (EU) 2021/555 Of The European Parliament And Of The Council of 24 March 2021 on Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (codification) was emphasized. In addition, the issue of inconsistency of standards in the field of classification of firearms remains open.

PUBlIC ADmINISTRATIoN IN The fIelD of CoAl INDUSTRy Purpose. To examine the experience of Great Britain in reforming the coal industry, as well as the opportunity to use the British Government's experience in reforming the coal industry in Ukraine. methodology. The authors used the system and structure, structure and functional, analysis and synthesis, induc tion and deduction methods, as well as methods of comparison and prediction. findings. When considering the experience of Great Britain in reforming the coal industry, the authors accentu ated: 1) the general characteristics of the industry; 2) the role of public administration in reforming the coal industry; 3) the importance of the coal industry in the British Government's strategy. The general characteristics of the British coal industry showed that the UK economy had completely got rid of coal dependency. The analysis of normative legal documents of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy found a complete absence of refer ences to the coal industry as such. Confrontation of Margaret Thatcher's government with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in 1984-1985 and subsequent results of this confrontation proved the effectiveness and the dominant role of public administration in reforming the coal industry. In fact, public administration in the UK coal industry was aimed at declining its importance in the economy of the state. In analysing the importance of the coal industry in the strategies of the governments of Ukraine and Great Britain, the authors have found diametrically op posite vision. The Ukrainian government is focused on reforming the coal industry and increasing coal production, whereas the UK government does not even consider the coal industry in its strategy. The UK government builds its economy on low carbon and resourceefficient technologies. originality. The authors have proved the effectiveness of using the public administration in reforming the coal industry. Practical value. The research does not only prove the power and effectiveness of using the public administration in reforming the coal industry. The authors have showed the difference between the vision of the coal industry prospects in the strategies of the governments of Great Britain and Ukraine, as well as possibilities of using public administra tion for building economy on low carbon and resourceefficient technologies.