TERRITORIAL BASIS OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE: TYPICAL STANDARDS
I. Sofinska
L’viv State University of Internal Affairs
Horodotska Str. 26, UA – 79007 L’viv, Ukraine
tel.: (032) 278-25-12, e-mail: sofinska@gmail.com
Standards of territorial basis of local self-government of Ukraine existence are the
result of historical, geopolitical, economic and social, ethnic and demographic features
influence on state development. Research of local self-government territorial basis is up-todate
needs separate consideration according to the European charter of local selfgovernment
provisions and their implementation into the national legislation of Ukraine.
The author asserts that constitutional and administrative-territorial reforms in Ukraine
certify the necessity of the European standards of local self-government implementation,
analysis of their advantages and disadvantages, expedience of their application in Ukraine
in order to provide local self-government bodies’ execution of their powers under the
current administrative-territorial division of Ukraine.
Key words: bodies of local self-government, territorial basis of local self-government,
state development, administrative-territorial division.
Стаття надійшля до редколегії 01.05.2008
Прийнята до друку 01.06.2008
ВІСНИК ЛЬВІВ. УН-ТУ VISNYK LVIV UNIV.
Серія юридична. 2008. Вип. 46. С. 72–80 Law Series. 2008. № 46. P. 72–80
© Гладун З., 2008