In the modern doctrine of law are presented several views that refer to the legal personality of the EU. Some researchers consider that the future of the EU is dominated by some supranational tendencies represented by the deeper supranational integration of member-states within the Union and the diminishing of the importance of member-states governments in comparation with the actual situation. Other researchers note the tendency to increase the role of member-states in determining European policy in the most important areas. This scientists note the increase of intergovernmental tendencies in the EU. This article is a study dedicated to determining the legal personality of the EU as an international organization. This research paper highlights the trends that are present in the current construction of the EU. In this context, we have outlined the following objectives: to identify the legal nature of the EU; to determine the essence of supranationalism as a type of multinational political union; to analyse the concept of classical cooperation in the international organizations; to examine the difference and common aspects of this theories; to determine the areas in which the EU has exclusive competence, shared competence with member states, support competence as well as some domains in which the EU coordinates the policy with the state-members. As a result of the research, we aimed to determine the supranational aspects and those of classical cooperation in this international organization. This research paper focuses on the relation between the supranational and intergovernmental tendencies in the actual construction of the EU by analyzing some development trends that would domain in the future development of this organization.

Technological advances and the computerization of society rapidly contribute to the change of all spheres of human activity, currently international trade relations have a majority impact on the world economy, their development is taking place at a particularly accelerated pace, which generates certain gaps in terms of legislation in this area. Of particular importance in the development of this sphere was the electronic means of communication, becoming quite popular in recent decades, and the conduct of trade reports through them were no exception. Under the current conditions, as a fundamental legal instrument in private law, the contract could not develop separately from the new technologies imposed by the evolution of society towards the virtual world and in an attempt to adapt to the virtual environment; the contract took the electronic form.

UN peacekeeping missions and special political missions are an essential tool for efforts to promote stability. Currently, the emphasis is on coherence and synergies, making effective and efficient use of the set of crisis response options. An unprecedented number of key UN assessments/reports call in unison for more efforts to prevent crises and seek political solutions. Preventive diplomacy and mediation efforts are intensified. The UN plays a key role in combating terrorism, including preventing violent extremism. The UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy includes a comprehensive set of measures that must be fully implemented, highlighting the increased involvement of the UN in maintaining a climate of stability and global order, so fragile and unstable in the context of new challenges and threats.

The concept of punishment represents one of the most difficult legal issues that are related to the concept of human freedom and responsibility. Since Antiquity, the brilliant minds of humanity contemplated about the sense of punishment and the function of this institution. Each epoch analyses this concept from different aspects and some of them are reflected in the actual legislation. The most important principles of contemporary criminal law were expounded by the Ancient, Modern and Contemporary philosophers. The field of research of this article is the philosophy of punishment of criminal law. In this study, we have applied the method of historical research of the proposed topic, which gives us the opportunity to analyze the development of criminal punishment and its goals from a historical perspective. In this paper, we aimed to determine the philosophical base of the legal punishment that legitimizes the application of sanctions to the person who committed the crime. We established the importance of the theories developed by brilliant thinkers for the contemporary concept of penal retribution and legal regulation of this institution. This theme generates several discussions that are formed in the process of comparison and debating of the ideas of influential philosophers regarding the purpose of criminal punishment. Therefore, we consider that the analysis of the theories of great thinkers gives us the possibility to understand the complexity of the phenomenon of criminal punishment, and leads to the more effective application of state constraint towards the offender.