SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AS COMPLEX MECHANISM

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problem of scientific support of the legislative process in Ukraine. The author notes that the use of scientific knowledge of various fields of science and specialties in law-making allows to ensure the quality of draft laws in the relevant areas of legal regulation and prevent the excessive politicization of law-making. Scientific support is considered as a universal principle of the modern law-making process that is being implemented at any stage of this process. The author emphasizes the main idea of scientific support – that is the integrated applying in the law-making process of the achievements of world and national science and technology for the purposes of legal regulation. It is emphasized that an integrated approach in law-making is able to unite the efforts of scientists from different fields of knowledge and specialties, take into account the integrity of public life and comprehensively approach the solution of legal regulation issues. The complexity of scientific support of the legislative process is achieved through the implementation of scientific-expert, scientific-research, scientific-consultative and scientificmethodical activities. The attention is given to the fact that nowadays the access of public to the results of the specified scientific activity (conclusions of independent scientific expertise, conclusions of the Scientific Advisory Council under the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, analytical materials of the Research Service of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine) is largely limited, and should become more open. It is concluded that the current legislation of Ukraine provides sufficient requirements for the implementation of the scientific principle of the law-making process, and the results of the scientific support of the specified process demonstrate a high scientific capacity. At the same time, the legal mechanisms of the implementation of this principle need to be improved, taking into account the domestic traditions of law-making and the best international practices.