Review:  This article examines the evolution of the institution of socially oriented nonprofit organizations, granting them a status of the “deliverers of social services” and the “providers socially beneficial services” through the prism of influence of the concept of “service state” upon these processes. Relevance of this topic is substantiated by the rapid development of socially oriented nonprofit organizations in the Russian Federation and their impact on social life on one hand; and on the other – the government’s desire to include socially oriented nonprofit organizations into the sphere of rendering social services, which used to be the government monopoly. The goal of this research is to assess the impact of “service state” concept upon the process of inclusion of socially oriented nonprofit organizations into the sphere of social services. The author comes to a conclusion that the concept of “service state” influenced the development of the institution of socially oriented nonprofit organizations with regards to their acceptance into the sphere of social services. The acquired theoretical results complement the scientific research of the impact of “service state” concept upon the reforms of state administration in the Russian Federation.

Keywords: state firm, welfare state, community service, social service, social service provider, non-profit organization, service state, civil society, public association, open state

Review: A full-fledged practical implementation of the constitutional principle of democracy requires constant improvement of the institution of public control in the Russian Federation, which on one hand, manifests as the guarantee of people’s right to realization of democracy, and on the other hand – the mechanism that impedes the consolidation of power, its unlawful; appropriation, as well usage thereof not for the benefit of the citizens. The system of legal regulation of public control of power in the Russian Federation is represented by several groups of regulatory acts of international and national legislations. This article is dedicated to examination of the federal, regional, and municipal legislation in the area of regulation of public control in the Russian Federation. The author conducts the comparative analysis of regulatory acts that contribute to organization and functioning of the system of public control in the Russian Federation, as well as provides their original classification. This allows carrying out the analysis of regulatory framework of the mechanism of public control in the Russian Federation, determining their place, role, and significance in organization of the system of public control in the country.

Keywords: constitutional analysis, Russian Federation, public control, legislation, municipal, regional, federal, people, public administration, power

Review: The object of this research is the social relations in the area of execution of criminal sentences not related to isolation of prisoners from society. The subject of this research is the norms of criminal and penal law regulating the types of criminal sentences and procedure of serving  them. Attention is turned to the fact that the current system does not fully resolve the goals of the correction of convicts, prevention of commission of new crimes by them, as well as restoration of social justice. It is necessary to make the system more logical, eliminate duplication of separate types of punishments, and improve their organization and execution. The scientific novelty of this study consists in determination of the problems in the legal regulation and law enforcement practice in execution of punishments unrelated to isolation of inmates from society. The research particularly reveals duplication of types of punishments with regards to incarceration and irrationality of their structure within the system of punishment depending on the punitive effect. The author proposes making an accent on the execution of punishment in form of fines and mandatory community service as the main types, and incarceration as an additional form of punishment.

Keywords: forced labor, correctional labor, fine, mandatory work, punishment targets, criminal penalties, penal system, correctional center, criminal law, penal policy

Review: The subject of this research is the political, demographic, and socioeconomic processes taking place in the European Union. The analysis demonstrates that the strong clash between the Euro-integration and Euro-skeptical trends within theoretical discussions and at the level of policy implementation, manifests as the result of crisis of the Euro-Integration processes. Crucial significance attains the assessment of effectiveness and correspondence with realities of current development of the mechanism and patterns of interaction in the context of this integration community. The goal of this work lies in identification of the causes led to such type of crisis phenomena, as well as alternative ways of their overcoming. The following conclusions were made: the clash of various positions with regards to the expansion of EU boundaries and magnitude of Euro-integration leads to imbalance of political powers and growth of Euro-skepticism, which in turn, justifies the fluctuations in the EU strategic course; the existing difference in economic level of the EU member-states lead to escalation of disagreements in the overall EU economic policy; the fundamental differences are observed in the question of the division of powers between the EU communitarian bodies and national governments. Namely these three problems and methods of their solution represents conceptual alternatives to the development of the European Union. Without their fundamental resolution and reformatting of the institutions and policy of the European Union, further Euro-integration is doubtful.

Keywords: European Union enlargement, Member States, Euro-integration structures, crisis processes, Euro-skepticism, Euro-integration, European Union, European Union institutions, Fourth Industrial Revolution, forecasts

Review: This article represents a review on monograph by V. V. Goncharov “The Constitutional Legal Grounds of Public Control in the Russian Federation. – M., 2019”. The aforementioned monograph was published in 2019, and dedicated to one of the most relevant problems in the Russian constitutional law – the statutory framework of public control in Russia, as well as represents a product of multiple scholarly studies of Ph.D. in Legal Sciences Vitaly Viktorovich Goncharov. This work is first within the Russian scientific literature to examine the paramount civic society institution through the prism of the need to ensure basic constitutional principles of democracy and citizens’ participation in management of state affairs. It appears that the monograph by V. V. Goncharov meets all the demands imposed upon the scientific works of such level, arousing substantial scientific-theoretical and practical interest. It may be valuable in educational process in higher education establishments, as well as in optimization of activity of the subjects of public control in the Russian Federation.

Keywords: federal, international law, Russian Federation, democracy, civil society, efficiency and principles, public control, regional, municipal, constitutional and legal guarantees