Abstract: In the article some topical issues of national sectors doctrine are considered. The ecological — legal problems of the Russian Arctic are thoroughly analyzed as well as the flaws and contradictions of the legal regulation at international and national levels in the light of Russian administration initiative. The author also compares the Russian and Canadian legal systems in the range of conservation of natural resources of the Arctic

Keywords: The doctrine of national sectors, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982., The Polar Code, the Northern Sea Route, the Arctic zone, an international convention, the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), the Treaty on the Antarctic continent

Abstract: The article is dedicated to urgent issues of elaboration of timber legislation of Russia, France and Switzerland. The author studies the main provisions of the new Timber Code of the Russian Federation, of the Timber Code of the France and The Federal Law on timber resources of Switzerland. The author arrives at a conclusion on applicability of rules and approaches of legislations under study to Russian law. Key words: comparative law, forests, Russia, France, Switzerland, planting, timber, plants, property, protection

Abstract: The article is dedicated to the legal forms and methods of the participation of the public in solving urgent environmental problems in accordance with the US legislation. Particular attention is paid to the distinctive features of American ecological monitoring at the stage of preparation, acceptance and realization of decisions on destruction of armory. The author describes the leading American non-governmental environmental associations, defines the legal status of the Rehabilitation Advisory Councils, Non-governmental Advisory Commissions and Committees of Public Advisers as public bodies of control and supervision established on the basis of facilities for destruction of nuclear and chemical weapons. Key words: comparative law, ecological participation of the public, public committees and commissions, nuclear and chemical weapons, public ecological control, disarmament, USA, Freedom of Information Act, SALT 1, SALT 2