The notion of governance is fundamental in the management of every given society, and for this to be realized, there is that need in placing powers in the hands of it's community for the proper enhancement of the community. In it's plight of achieving credible development and potential Justice system, there that need of the local Self-Government agencies to be fully involved in the well-being of the society. It is therefore in this light that this article is explore to study and compare international experience in the area of local self-government agencies functioning, providing propositions on its implementation in Ukraine. International experience in exercising the powers by local self-government agencies is analyzed; offers concerning its adaptation in Ukraine are given. It is noted that local self-government agencies constitute an important component of the functioning and development of any country, but their impact on ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the community, addressing their pressing issues is one that needs improvement. The positive aspect of decentralization is also due to the shift of a significant part of administrative powers from the center to municipalities and local communities in society, especially in its progressive part, there is a real chance to implement those changes, at least at the local level, which are extremely necessary for a long period of time. Conversely, if the central authorities are endowed with the maximum amount of power and imperative powers, while leaving local self-government agencies a fairly narrow amount of real power, the development tendencies of such a state will be mostly negative.

Annotation. The article highlights the current problems of improving judicial and economic mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine, taking into account the positive foreign experience and international law in this area. Threats to society and states from illegal activities in the field of intellectual property, which leads to Ukraine in the Top 5 countries (annual "Special Report 301" USTR) with the largest shadow economy, a significant share of which are shadow transactions in the field of intellectual property. Therefore, de-shadowing becomes one of the main priorities of state policy in the field of intellectual property, which forms respect for the right to intellectual property, ensures its establishment in society and the state and effective protection of bona fide rights holders. It is emphasized that the steps of Ukraine to establish the National Intellectual Property Authority (NIPO) and to improve the protection of intellectual property rights are important, but insufficient without further strengthening of judicial and economic mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights.The preconditions for the normalization of special courts in Europe in the context of the separation and constitution of the judiciary as an independent branch of public power in the context of the implementation of the doctrine of Sh.-L. Montesquieu XVIII-XIX centuries. It was found that the first special courts on intellectual property in Europe were established in the Constitution of Prussia in 1850, which in Art. 91 established that "Courts should be established by law for special categories of cases, especially commercial and industrial courts in such places where they are necessary." Subsequently, patent and other courts have been established in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other Western democracies to hear disputes over intellectual property rights. In Ukraine, as in some other post-Soviet republics, specialized intellectual property courts appear in the 21st century. At the same time, expectations of success from their activities were not always justified. In particular, the Supreme Court of Intellectual Property (SCIP), which was envisaged by the judicial reform of 2016, has not yet started its work.The key issues related to the judicial protection of intellectual property rights in Ukraine are identified and analyzed, in particular, the problem of the functioning of the Supreme Court of Intellectual Property. Among them, the following problems: the lack of a clear state and legal position on the separation of disputes about civil, commercial, criminal and administrative proceedings, exclusively on the object of dispute, namely -the objects of intellectual property rights, and their classification exclusive competence of the single specialized court of SCIP; optimization of terms of consideration of disputes concerning the right to intellectual property objects in general, economic, administrative courts and, in the long run, SCIP, etc. Suggestions for s...

The success of further development of Ukraine as sovereign and independent, democratic, social, constitutional state now, more than ever earlier, depends on determination of politicians, statesmen and public employees and adherence to principles of each citizen and civil society in general in fight against the external and internal enemy. Among internal enemies of Ukraine corruption which makes impossible effective economic, social and humanitarian development of Ukraine is high on the list, slows down the European integration of Ukraine, and at the end advantageous of external foes of our state. Therefore, eradication of corruption is one of the most important functions of the Ukrainian state now.The important place in system of subjects of forming and implementation of the state anti-corruption policy belongs to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the President of Ukraine and the Cabinet of Ukraine. So, the parliament in Ukraine creates legal including the legal framework of the state anti-corruption policy, and also participates in forming of contest committees on election of special subjects of the prevention and counteraction. The head of state in Ukraine also defines essence and the maintenance of the state anti-corruption policy in the decrees, and also participates in forming of the commissions on selection and appointments of officials of specially authorized bodies according to the prevention and counteraction of corruption, and provides independence in activity of some of these bodies. The government of Ukraine provides complex implementation of the state anti-corruption 1 Prof. dr hab. Ołeksandr W. Skrypniuk -deputy director

На основі аналізу робіт українських і польських учених-конституціоналістів у статті досліджено такі фундаментальні категорії теорії конституційного права, як: «завдання конституційного права» та «функції конституційного права»; визначено їх сутність, зміст і співвідношення. Наголошено, що завданням галузі конституційного права є насамперед утвердження та захист (через механізми конституційно-правового регулювання фундаментальних цінностей) конституційних прав і свобод людини, демократії, верховенства права, конституційного ладу, гарантованості та захищеності конституції та ін. Обґрунтовано, що функція галузі конституційного права – це основний усталений напрямок і вид здійснення цілеспрямованого впливу конституційного права на суспільні відносини, які є предметом конституційного права, для реалізації завдань конституційного права. Визначено та охарактеризовано основні функції галузі конституційного права.

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