Abstract: The subject of this research is the monograph “Legal Regulation of the Relations on Scientific Information in light of the legislation on intellectual property of the BRICS countries” (M.: RUDN, 2019. – 330 p.) of the Doctor of Law, Professor K. M. Belikova. The author examines the content of this publication, as well as expresses the opinions and ideas on it. From the perspective of acknowledging by Russia the need to develop partnership relations with BRICS countries – Brazil, India, China and South Africa, the attention is given to the current and promising scientific-practical component of the work. The author also assesses its relevance, novelty, distinction from other similar publications and degree of continuity, reference on authoritative source database, including law enforcement practice and case law; as well as makes critical comments. The peer review by the Doctor of Law, Judge of the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region, Lecturer at the Institute of Advanced Training of Kutafin Moscow State Law University P. M. Morkhat represents an original creative interpretation of a broad range of the important and interesting questions in the area of private and public (material and procedural) law of the BRICS countries, and is characterized by the novelty of approaches and ideas.  

Keywords: procedural and legal protection, innovation development, patent rights, copyright, intellectual property, scientific information, BRICS, legal framework, scientific knowledge, information

Abstract: 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