Abstract: Considered the questions of the legal aspects of the implementing of fiscal federalism principles in Italy under the new constitutional model of the local government. Given a retrospective analysis of the reform process in the management of own tax revenues of the local autonomies in Italy. Described the difficult process of searching a new «technical reading» for the fiscal apparatus, its limits and contradictions on the basis of positions of solidarity of municipal and fiscal federalism.

Keywords: Comparative law, comparative municipal law, local self-government, fiscal autonomy, budget federalism, European factor, social functions of local taxes

Abstract: This article examines the European experience of the legal regulation of religious education in the public education system. Interest to the this theme is caused by necessity to solve lasting in Russia for over a decade the discussion about the possibilities, forms and principles of teaching religious subjects in a system of secular public education. On an example of experience of the secular legal European states, such as the Great Britain, Germany, Poland, France, Belgium, Spain, etc., the author proves, that the lessons of religion in public schools are an integral and organic part of the education system, that allows to solve the problem as a full–fledged intellectual development schoolchildren, and moral and patriotic education in accordance with the child in the family and the country’s religious traditions. Main principles of the European education system in this part is, on the one hand, voluntariness of choice of schoolchildren and their families religious subjects, on the other — the full integration of religious subjects in the educational system in an equal status with other disciplines. The author proposes to use the main principles of the European system of religious education at the creation of legal mechanisms for the integration of religious subjects into a system of secular education in Russia, because they comply the criteria and principles of secularism, legal state, principles and norms of international law, the principle of voluntariness of religious choice, on the one hand, and allow at the same time accomplish the task of spiritual and moral education and intellectual development of the child in accordance with the his own and his family religious choice, on the other.

Keywords: Comparative law, religion, spiritual, moral, church, state, school, relationships, secular, law, patriotism

Abstract: The article denotes to the acute problems of provision of guaranties to the shareholders in case of merges and acquisitions. Analysis of fundamental principles of English law regulating the transmission of property rights on shares or company assets and provision of guaranties to the further owners is highlighted in the article. Possibility of using of shareholders guaranties in Russian legislation is considered.

Keywords: Comparative law, merges and acquisitions, English system of provision of guaranties to the shareholders, guaranties of shareholders in Russian legislation, restriction of guaranties, problem of implementation of guaranties, types of guaranties of shareholders in case of merges and acquisitions, forms of implementation of guaranties

Abstract: The article analyses the acute issues of the realization of the right of peoples to self-determination. The author describes the history of the formation of the doctrine and regulation of the right of peoples to self-determination in international law documents and in acts of national legislation of the countries of the world. In the concluding part of the article the author reveals the main features of the right of peoples to self-determination.

Keywords: tThe right of peoples to self-determination; national-territorial organization; nations, peoples, ethnic group in international law and national legislation