ALL-UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE "THE CONCEPT OF NATURE IN MODERN LAW" : SCIENTIFIC AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, LAND, AGRARIAN AND OTHER FIELDS OF LAW, DEDICATED TO THE BRIGHT MEMORY OF PROFESSOR M. V. KRASNOVА
Authors:   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, POZNIAK Elina , SHARAIEVSKA Tetiana ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine, SHOMPOL Olena ,   Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published: November 2024

Background. The article reviews the speeches of the participants of the All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Online Conference on the Topic "The Concept of Nature in Modern Law", dedicated to the bright memory of Doctor of Law, professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, head, professor of the Department of Environmental Law of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Maria Vasylivna Krasnova. The event was organized and held by the Departments of Environmental, Land and Agrarian law of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv on May 26, 2023. The purpose of the article is to perpetuate the memory of Prof. M. V. Krasnova, highlighting doctrinal and legislative approaches to the moulding and further development of environmental, land, agrarian and other fields of law, united by the scientific idea of "The Concept of Nature in Modern Law". Among the main tasks of the publication were consideration of proposals made by the participants of the conference on improving the current legislation, development the methodology of environmental, land and agrarian legal research, deepening the theory, and philosophy of law. Methods. The methodological basis of the research was the general scientific dialectical method of learning about social phenomena in their relationship and development, as well as scientific methods of analysis and synthesis, interpretation of legal norms, formal-legal, historical, comparative-legal, prognostic, etc. methods. Results. The participants of the conference focused their efforts on solving actual scientific and methodological problems of environmental, land, agrarian and other fields of law in the context of overcoming the consequences of large-scale Russian aggression on the territory of our country, transition to peaceful reconstruction in the future. Proposals for the improvement of environmental, land, agrarian and other branches of law, legislation, science and law enforcement practice in Ukraine through the prism of implementing the concept of nature in law have been expressed. The idea of combining the implementation of the concept of sustainable development into the legal system of Ukraine with the understanding of nature as an object of law through the set of its economic, ecological and spiritual attributes was laid in the foundation of this concept in the studies of Prof. M. V. Krasnova. Conclusions. Comprehension of the content and tools of legal regulation of social relations must be carried out on the basis of ecocentrism with the aim of forming a new level of ecological and legal culture of society and citizens, minimization the negative consequences of military actions and the effects of environmental state of emergency on the territory of our country, developing Ukraine as an ecological state. "The Concept of Nature in Law" is an original scientific idea, which is examined through the prism of the philosophy of law and is based upon the concept of sustainable development, since it determines the actual chance of emphasis from Man to Nature.