The article is devoted to consideration of questions of
functions of the state and forms of their realization,
which are of very great importance in the theory of the
state and practice of its functioning. It can be
explained with the next moments, first, to that in
functions are shown essence of the state, its social
appointment. The state representing the phenomenon
of social life, it is characterized by extraordinary
variety of directly observable and perceived
manifestations. It is defined as a variety of the tasks
solved by the state in various areas of life of society,
and a variety of bodies, forms, methods and means of
implementation of the state activity. In this regard
studying of functions serves as the prerequisite of
knowledge of the main thing and defining in the state.
Secondly, functions of the state define its structure, i.e.
ways, regularities of the organization of elements of
the state as difficult system. Research of functions of
the state and forms of their realization helps to
estimate its opportunities, promotes deeper
understanding of the mechanism of its interaction with
other structures of society in the solution of the most
important political, economic, social, ecological,
cultural and other tasks. The correct establishment of
functions of the state and definition of forms of
realization of these functions promotes stabilization of
the public relations and development of society in
various spheres
Today, in Russia, there are many processes of
reforming local government. One of the most pressing
issues in this area of legislation is the institution of city
manager. This article contains the distinctive features
of the voting of City Manager, requirements for a
candidate for the position, rights, duties and powers,
opinions of scientists on the issue in the sphere of local
government, City Manager abroad, the question of the
legal status of City Manager in the Kuban region and
our own position about the problem. The purpose and
objective of this work is to study legislation in this
area, display trend developing, drawing up the positive
and negative aspects of local government reform. We
used a number of different levels of laws regulating
relations of Municipality. For example, such as 131-
FZ about Local Self-Government, the Criminal Code,
the law on local self-government in the Kuban region,
as well as sentences of courts of different instances. A
distinctive feature of this article is the responsibility of
City Manager, and exactly what is waiting for if he
breaks the law, and also judicial review
The article is devoted to the study of the structure of
the apparatus of propaganda of the Volunteer army
and Armed forces of South Russia under the
command of General M. V. Alekseev, as well as the
changes implemented in this structure by generals A.
I. Denikin and P. N. Wrangell. We have highlighted
the high importance of an effective propaganda
mechanism during the civil war and iIndicated the
reasons why the propaganda machine on the "White
South" lost the efficiency of similar structures of the
Bolsheviks. We considered such reasons as the
absence in the Volunteer army powerful single
ideology, as the basis for further indoctrination, the
Bolsheviks significant advantage in material and
technical equipment and production capacity, and
advantage in time, as the propaganda machine of the
Bolsheviks began to form several years before the
outbreak of the civil war. The article reveals the
formation process of the news propaganda of the
Department of diplomatic division and its subsequent
reformation in the Publicity Agency (Oswag) of the
Chairman of a Special meeting. We have also
touched upon the dissolution of Osweg at P. N.
Wrangel and the establishment of a number of
departments executing its functions. It is concluded,
that the changes in the structure of the propaganda of
anti-Bolshevik movement in South Russia, were
excessively complicated and mostly formal in nature,
they did not solve existing problems, but only
created new ones. It is noted, that the main task of all
transformations in the apparatus of propaganda, i.e.
to overcome the significant advantages of the
propagandists of Bolshevism, was not achieved as a
result of the considered structural reforms
This article is important today because there is not
enough attention in the contemporary law publications
paid to the typical patterns of crime mechanism
especially in the sphere of illegal weapon and
ammunition turnover. Taking into account the
opinions of such well-known forensic scientists as
R.S. Belkin, V.D. Zelensky, G.M. Meretukov, M.V.
Golovin, V.A. Obraztsov, J.G. Korukhov, V.Y.
Koldin, O.V. Chelysheva, L.Y. Drapkin, V.N.
Karagodin and others, the author comes to the
conclusion that it’s necessary to develop typical
patterns of crime mechanism for certain types of
crime. The author has worked out some typical
patterns of crime mechanism in the sphere of illegal
weapon and ammunition turnover based upon major
informative criminalistic elements, this particular
article describes seven typical patterns of crime
mechanism for the illegal storage, transportation,
transfer, carry, purchase and sale, manufacture, repair
or alteration, theft or extortion, careless storage or
improper performance of duties on protection of
weapon, its basic parts and ammunition. Each pattern
is accompanied with the examples of judicial and
investigative practice, followed by the necessary
explanations and analysis of the activities of the
subject of the investigation on the preparation, followup
and final stages, which leads to the conclusion
about the legitimacy of the proposed patterns
In the article, we have considered issues of the subject
of the investigation and determination of the
investigative actions necessary to establish
circumstances of the crime. The article shows the role
of investigative situations in the methodology of the
investigation
The article is devoted to the objects of practice and
theory of the means of individualization of legal entities.
Individualization of a legal entity - it is when it is
allocated from the mass of all the other organizations.
A legal person acts under its brand name, which is
defined in its founding documents and is included in
the state register. The main function of the means of
individualization - select an object or a subject of the
total weight of the homogeneous objects or subjects.
Legal regulation and the legal protection provided by
international regulations and legislation in different
countries. The high relevance of the topic because it is
the development of today's world market and contributes
to increasing the role and need for individualization
of goods and means of legal protection
Book-entry securities as the subject of theft. The
article deals with the questions of legal assessment of
crimes, targeted at embezzlement of book-entry securities.
The article reports author's position concerning
the expediency of creation in Russian criminal
law system, the criminal liability for book-entry security
taking in articles about theft and property
crimes. The plot of the article requires the discussion
in terms of recognizing book-entry securities the
subject of theft, and creation of criminal liability for
the illegal taking of book-entry securities. The research
of legal assessment of book-entry securities
theft is well-reasoned by top scientists, cases of court
practice, and gives an assumption to consider bookentry
security as a subject of theft. Moreover, current
level of property relations, material and non- material
values put into trade turnover, including objects
that have an informational character, and do not possess
any material characteristics, attest how important
is to recognize non-material thing the subject
of theft
The article is devoted to the analysis of the legislation
on criminal liability for acquisition, storage,
transportation, processing for sale or it is sold
obviously illegally prepared wood. It is investigated
the main and qualifying signs of the corpus delicti
provided by Art. 191.1 of the criminal code of Russian
Federation, and features of legislative technology of
creation of norm on responsibility for this crime. Some
problems of qualification of the specified crime and its
separation from adjacent structures of crimes are noted
The authors of the article consider and analyze various
points of view upon hereditary legal relationship and
the nature of universal succession to the inheritance.
The matter of hereditary legal relationship appears due
to the death of the testator. Hereditary legal
relationship arises on various bases, which grow from
the facts: discovery of inheritance, acceptance of
inheritance, refusal of inheritance, execution of the
will, hereditary transmission and other legal
relationship. The authors come to the conclusion that
the change of the testator as subject in any of the legal
relationship existed during his lifetime is impossible
without the whole complex of the hereditary relations,
and while some (the relations on protection of
hereditary property, division, etc.) can be avoided in
the course of transition of hereditary property, the
others (discovery of inheritance, acceptance of
inheritance) are necessary. In each legal relationship
the successor perceives the whole legal situation of the
testator, that is in each legal relationship the rights
which are the object of the relation will be passed to
him. The contents of hereditary legal relationship
claim that inheritance represents the transition order
protected by the law after the death of a citizen
(testator) of the things owned by him on the right of a
private property, the property, and also property rights
and duties to one or several persons (successors) as
universal succession. In the case of universal
hereditary succession, the rights and duties are passed
to the successor with one act, without a transfer by
their first owner, and the passed rights and duties
continue to be estimated on the identity of the first
owner. Finally the authors come to the conclusion that
universality designates transition of the rights as well
as the testator’s duties (except those inseparably linked
with the identity of the testator) as a whole when the
successor can't selectively accept some rights and
duties, having refused the others. Restriction of
responsibility of the successor for the testator's debts
with the size of hereditary volume does not change the
essence of universal succession in this regard
This article "The Procedural relations of the
Prosecutor and the investigator according to Charter
of criminal proceedings 1864" is devoted to the
investigation of some historical aspects of criminal
and legal proceedings of the Prosecutor and the
investigator according to Charter of criminal
proceedings 1864. It discusses the Prosecutor’s and
the investigator’s functions and competency in
comparison with the current criminal procedure
legislation, there is continuity of many of the
provisions as well