Theoretical and methodological problems of systematization of environmental legislation

T.I. Makarova

Belarusian State University, Minsk, 220030 Republic of Belarus

E-mail: ekolog_310@mail.ru

Received November 8, 2018

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7738.2019.1.206-218

For citation: Makarova T.I. Theoretical and methodological problems of systematization of environmental legislation. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 2019, vol. 161, no. 1, pp. 206–218. doi: 10.26907/2541-7738.2019.1.206-218. (In Russian)

Abstract

The historical and legal, theoretical and methodological problems of building a system of environmental law sources have been considered. Based on the identification of politically and legally important factors that influenced the development of environmental legislation, the peculiarities of the legal regulation of relations on environmental protection have been justified, which resulted in a special approach to the systematization of environmental legislation. It has been proposed to identify several groups in the system of environmental legislation, combining environmental regulatory acts regarding the regulatory function performed by them for “environmental legislation proper”, “ecologized” regulatory legal acts, and international environmental legal acts. The features inherent in the system of legislation of the Republic of Belarus and their impact on environmental legislation, including the definition of the role and place of the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Environmental Protection” in the system of sources of environmental law and its main content elements, have been considered. The systematizing forms established by the Law of the Republic of Belarus “On Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus” have been considered. As a predominant form of systematization of environmental legislation proposed consolidation. The necessity of introducing amendments to the laws of the Republic of Belarus “On Regulatory Legal Acts of the Republic of Belarus” and “On International Treaties of the Republic of Belarus” has been substantiated.

Keywords: environmental law, sources of law, system of legislation, legal system, systematization of legislation, legal environmental protection

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