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This article analyses various aspects of public policy in the field of urban design in the 1950s/1960s. The achievements and difficulties in solving the housing problem in Kaliningrad are identified. The process of modernization of regional construction industry is analysed. The article identifies the general and specific features of construction and development of residential areas under Khrushchev and examines the influence of new social and economic policy and the restructuring of state construction...

This article analyses legal issues relating to the German ratification of the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Mon-etary Union. The author analyses the key decisions of the Federal Consti-tutional Court of Germany on this issue. Special attention is paid to the need to implement some of the Treaty provisions as the core problem of the ratifica-tion process. 1. Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union. URL: http://european-council...

This article uses published sources and literature to study the condition of peasant fishing trade in Novgorod and Pskov Governorates in the second half of the 19th/the beginning of the 20th centuries. The work focuses on analyzing the role of fishing trade in the peasant agriculture. The article describes the socioeconomic and environmental factors contributing to the spread of fishing in the Governorates. The author gives a brief description of fishing equipment used by peasants and emphasizes...

This article focuses on the key aspects of the rhetorical approach developed by Christopher Tindale and emphasizes its significance for modern theory of argumentation. The article examines the historical background of the rhetorical turn and its relation to informal logic and pragma-dialectics. The author argues that it is justified to consider different approaches to argumentation as complementary. 1. Blair J. A. Tindale’s Acts of arguing: A rhetorical model of argument // Informal Logic. 2000...

This article analyses the features of national identity in modern Bosnia and Herzegovina. The limitrophe ethnocentrism dominant in the regions of former Yugoslavia contributes to increased tension. It is assumed that all political problems of Bosnia and Herzegovina relate to the lack of a common identity, whereas the creation of a strong civic identity will yield more favorable democratic results. 1. Пономарева Е. Г., Рудов Г. А. Балканский передел как зеркало глобализации // Обозреватель — Observer...

This article discusses certain conditions of an employment contract with a remote employee. The author’s perspective on the age of a remote employee is presented. The article addresses the issue of introducing obligatory conditions of an employment contract – the employee’s function, working schedule, and remuneration. Proposals for improving the current labor legislation are made 1. Трудовой кодекс Российской Федерации [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «КонсультантПлюс». ...

This article considers the formation of ethical codes in modern Russia. The authors investigate legal acts regulating the creation, implementation, and preservation of ethical standards. The article offers a system of ethical codes and identifies certain problems of their application. 1. Бережкова Н. Ф. Роль этических норм в деятельности органов прокуратуры Российской Федерации // Административное право и процесс. 2012. № 8. С. 62—64. 2. Буркова А. Этические нормы поведения в банковском секторе:...

This article emphasizes the lacunae in the legal regulation of termination of powers and employment agreement of executive officers in connection with the replacement of the exclusive executive body. 1. Трудовой кодекс Российской Федерации от 30.12.2001 № 197-ФЗ (ред. от 07.06.2013) [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ.-правовой системы «Консультант Плюс». 2. Арбитражный процессуальный кодекс Российской Федерации от 24.07.2002 № 95-ФЗ (ред. от 07.06.2013) [Электронный ресурс]. Доступ из справ...

This article considers the problems of analysing will and will expression of citizens when performing legally significant actions. The author stresses the importance of analysing citizens’ will in view of the changes to the provisions of the law on the limitation of legal capacity of natural persons. The article stresses the need to extend the role of notaries in documenting the will and will expression of civil circulation participants. 1. Токарева М. В. Взаимная ответственность государства и личности...

This article examines the origin of the term ‘investigative mindset’ and different opinions on the term’s meaning. In particular, the article focuses on the scientific approaches to the investigative mindset in Russia and the United States of America. The authors analyse the prospects for the development of an investigative mindset theory. 1. Яблоков Н. П. Криминалистическое мышление и его роль в повышении эффективности раскрытия и расследования преступлений. URL: www.law.msu.ru/file/22808/download/22812...

This article classifies the concept of "business efficiency", which have been used by economic scholars for a long time. The innovative component of this work lies in the authors’ definition of media business efficiency alongside the identification of the primary goal of media company management in today’s Russia. The article offers a classification of methods of identifying different types of efficiency of media structures. 1. Бабань Ю. А. Совершенствование бизнес-процессов в современной...

This article shows that the opposition between formal and dialectical logic first emerged within Hegel’s dialectical logic. The article shows that in the framework of the division of time into «now» and «not now», the incorrect formal logical description of dialectical opposition disappears. The author comes to a generalised conclusion: the rejection of language description of dialectical opposition as a true conjunctive proposition of the A ¬A type marks the end of opposition between formal and...

This article considers the human rights issues in relations between the Russian Federation and the European Union in the context of formal agreements and real policy from 1994 to the beginning of 2013. The EU regards human rights as fundamental values, which serve as the basis for its foreign relations. Russia tends to consider this issue as an attempt of an ill-disposed external actor to interfere in the domestic politics of the state. 1. Программа сотрудничества ЕС-России (Тасис/ИЕСП). Официальный...

This article examines transformation of the social administrative resources through different historical periods. The author suggests criteria for analyzing evolution of scientific views on public administration: sociological time and the volume of the social ties. On the basis of these criteria, the author identifies the stages of cardinal changes in public administration. The optimum administrative model is suggested for each of these stages. The article emphasizes the dependence of the changes...

This article focuses on the specific features of N. O. Lossky’s interpretation of certain logical themes. The author shows that it is determined by the ideal-realistic position of the thinker. “Intuitionistic” logic is presented as a philosophical interpretation of traditional logic in the framework of ideal-realistic teaching. N. O. Lossky relates the rationality of thinking to logic. The article reconstructs certain features of rationality in N. O. Lossky’s philosophical-logical concept. 1. Ермичев...

This article analyses major approaches to the development of entrepreneurship theory relating to its regional aspects. The author emphasizes the need and describes the possibility of applying interdisciplinary approach to the development of regional aspects of entrepreneurship theory. The theoretical assumptions and conclusions presented in the article can be used in research on theory of entrepreneurship and the preparation of training, methodological, and research literature. 1. Бильчак В. С....

Анализируется взаимосвязь между процессами создания мысленной модели преступления и построения версии. Рассматриваются понятие и виды криминалистических моделей. Излагается авторская позиция по вопросу о соотношении криминалистической версии и криминалистической модели. This article examines the correlation between the process of creating an ideal model of crime and the process of developing a lead. The definition and types of forensic models are considered. The article presents the author’s perspective...

Обоснована значимость телекоммуникационной сферы для решения задачи инновационного развития региона. Рассмотрены современное состояние рынка телекоммуникаций Калининградской области и его тенденции в ближайшей перспективе. Проведен анализ главных направлений инвестиций в отрасль: расширение сетей третьего поколения мобильной связи, развитие широкополосного доступа в Интернет с использованием технологий FTTB, Wi-Fi и Wi-MAX, а также LTE (четвертое поколение мобильной связи). Показана важность сделок...

Рассматриваются основные научные результаты, полученные заве-дующим кафедрой маркетинга Венского университета, президентом Европейской академии маркетинга, почетным доктором Удо Вагнером. Анализ маркетинговых аспектов ведения современного бизнеса, в первую очередь эмпирические маркетинговые исследования и моделирование рынка, позволил профессору Вагнеру обосновать предложения по совершенствованию существующих моделей и процедур их практического применения. Рассказывается о международной деятельности...

Рассматриваются проблемы обеспечения в современных условиях количественной и качественной сохранности продовольственных товаров, поставляемых для длительного хранения в государственный резерв, которые в условиях формирования экономики информационного общества имеют принципиально новое звучание. Анализируются вопросы сохранения качества и безопасности продовольственных товаров в процессе хранения. Обосновывается необходимость модернизации производ- ства продуктов питания с учетом инновационных достижений...

Berdayev’s works The New Middle Ages, The Meaning of History, The Crisis of Art help reveal the essence of the eschatological consciousness of the 20th century. The principal feature of New Middle Ages in European culture is proved to be the polarization of consciousness, which is most vividly manifested, according to Berdyaev,...

This article presents a historiographical review of the restoration of Lithuanian independence in the 1980s-early 1990s and the establishment of Lithuania-Russian interstate relations in the early post-Soviet years. The topic of the article serves as a context for the analysis of the sources and general trends characteristic of Russian and foreign historians. 1. Бразаускас А. Пять лет президента. События, воспоминания, мысли. М., 2002. 2. Бусыгина И. Россия и страны Балтии: формирование новых взаимоотношений...

Рассматриваются особенности финансово-хозяйственной деятельности образовательных учреждений: особое внимание уделяется специфике осуществления образовательными учреждениями предпринимательской деятельности, а также гражданско-правовому регулированию имущественных отношений в сфере образования; определяются достоинства и недостатки законодательного подхода к режиму финансирования образовательных учреждений, указывается на проблемы, возникающие при осуществлении деятельности на основе субсидий. ...

This article addresses the controversial issue of the strength of the Russian garrison and the Polish-Lithuanian army during the Siege of Pskov in the period of the Livonian War. The article offers data provided in the Russian Chronicles on the Siege of Pskov by Stefan Batory and the works of Polish contemporaries. The author describes the perspectives of prerevolutionary, Soviet and contemporary researchers on the strength of the opposing forces. The author comes to a conclusion that Stefan Batory's...

Анализируется научная проблема типологии мировой юстиции, рассмотрены различные варианты классификаций мировой юстиции и мировых судов. Обосновывается авторская типология мировой юстиции, основанная на структурно-функциональном подходе к исследуемому объекту. Предложенная типология предполагает логическое деление объема понятия «мировая юстиция» по разновидностям признаков, которые присущи отдельным его элементам. Индуктивное объединение единичных национальных моделей в более общие группы позволяет...

This article considers the history of one quotation from Winston Churchill’s article on the Gumbinnen battle (1914). The context of this reference is reconstructed on the basis of author’s correspondence with the American historian Richard M. Langworth. 1.  Касимов О . Необходимое предисловие // Такман Б. Первый блицкриг. Август 1914. М.; СПб., 1999. 2.  Кретинин Г.   В . Август четырнадцатого // Очерки истории Восточной Пруссии / Г. В. Кретинин, В. Н. Брюшинкин, В. И. Гальцов и др. Калининград...

This article analyzes the attitude of Marx and Engels to Kant’s philosophical legacy. The author proposes a similarity between Marx’s idea on nature as a substantive implementation of a human being, their reflection and analog, and Kant’s doctrine of the world of phenomena created by the subject from things-in-themselves. The article criticizes the Marxist interpretation of Kant's philosophy as agnostic and divorced from practice. 1.  Горский Д.   П., Смирнов С.   Н. Актуальные проблемы диалектическо-мате­риалистического...

There are a number of stereotypes regarding the investment attractiveness of Russian enterprises. Local companies often do not see any development prospects in Russia and complain at the unsatisfactory local institutional environment. However, the activity of multinational corporations (MNCs) in Russia serves as a clear evidence of its potential attractiveness as one of the BRICS markets (the so called "21st century markets"). This article discusses the activities of MNCs aimed to increase...

1.  Lietuvos okupacija ir aneksija 1939/1940. Dokumentų rinkinys. Vilnius, 1993. 2.  СССР и Литовская Республика (март 1939 — август 1940 гг.). Сборник до­кументов. Вильнюс, 2006. 3.   Baranauskas T . Kur veda A . Nik ž entai č io Lietuvos istorijos revizija ? URL:   http://www. voruta. lt/article. php?article=1325 4.   Valiu š aitis V . Landsbergio ir Nik ž entai č io gin č as - vaisingas . URL : http :// www . balsas . lt / naujiena /193964/ landsbergio - ir - nikzentaicio...

On the basis of archive sources, this article analyses the development of agriculture by peasants belonging to the tsar’s family in the Novgorod and Pskov provinces. The article offers author's methodology of numerical data processing for an accurate assessment of agricultural effectiveness. 1.  Ковальченко И.   Д. Динамика уровня земледельческого производства Рос­сии в первой половине XIX в. // История СССР. 1959. №   1. С. 53—86. 2.  Нифонтов А.   С. Зерновое производство в России во второй...

The article analyses the acute problems of the observance of rights to personal liberty and immunity, provided by the Article 5 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the light of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of the Russian Federation. 1.        Конвенция о защите прав человека и основных свобод от 4.11.1950 г. // Собрание законодательства Российской Федерации. 2001. № 2. Ст. 163. 2.        Конвенция о правовой помощи...

The article considers the peculiar problems of criminological characteristics of justifiable defence and excessive defence situations. The author analyses and compares objective criminological characteristics of the situations of justifiable and excessive defence. The article is based on the legislation of the Russian Federation and empirical research conducted by the author. 1. Архив ГОВД г. Черняховска Калининградской области. 1997. Дело № 25438.

The article presents the results of the survey on the attitude of the Belgorod region residents to drug addiction. The problem of drug addiction is analysed from the points of view of three groups: residents, specialists in drug addiction prevention and experts on this problem. The authors define stereotypes and illusions about drug addiction and its prevention. The article provides practical recommendations which include a system for information support for drug addicts. 1.  О ситуации , связанной...

This article considers the logical modelling of a set of arguments. The author shows that logic offers normative models, which impose the pre-set structure on the argumentation. The article introduces the notions of macro-, micro-, and mesostructure of argument sets as well as the notion of argumentation circle as a variety of the hermeneutic circle. The author determines the advantages and disadvantages of logical models. 1.  Бежанишвили М.   Н. Логика модальностей знания и мнения. М., 2007. 2...

The article analyses statistical data about bиrglaries are investigated and generalised. The initial stage of investigation and the typical errors supposed by inspectors at investigation of crimes of the given kind is analyzed. The expediency of use of a method of modelling as the synthesising beginning capable considerably to raise efficiency of disclosing and investigation of bиrglaries is proved. It is underlined necessity of use of the situational approach and crime studying for three phases:...

This article analyses the role of network forms of organisation in the development of innovative processes. The authors consider several definitions of network forms of organisation, including those typical of the sphere of innovations. The article offers an analysis of the explanation of the network phenomenon in the social exchange theory, M. Castells's network theory, resource dependence theory, organisational sociology theory, new institutionalism, evolutionary economics, and French economic...

The article analyses the procedural consequences of unconfirmation of the suspicion in committing a crime during the preliminary inquisition. The main points of the article are the problems of keeping a status of the suspect after release him from custody or cancellation a measure of restriction. Also there are arguments in favour of necessity of making alterations into the criminal-procedural legislation. 1.  Сайкина Е. Гипотеза — основополагающее начало построения и проверки следственных...

This article is devoted to the training of Soviet school teachers in the 1920s. The author considers the mechanism of the Soviet staff policy, the so-called purges. The article reveals the forms, methods, basic stages, and results of the work of purge commissions. 1. Вестник Наркомпроса. 1918. №   43. 2. Государственный архив Ростовской области (далее — ГАРО). Ф. Р. 64. Оп. 2. 3. ГАРО. Ф. Р. 2584. Оп. 1. Д. 3. 4. Народное просвещение. 1930. №   8. 5. Центр документации новейшей...

This article analyses the methodological framework of research on strategic potential of organizations in dynamic global environment. The author examines the factors responsible for sustainable competitive advantages of an organization and considers the role of intangible assets, predominantly, such unique assets as organizational and administrative skills, in the structure of potential. The article describes the features of formation of potential of learning organizations. 1.  Баззел Р., Гейл...

This article considers the problem of regional governance improvement. The author systematises the objectives of regional supreme executive authorities and examines the set of indicators for assessing the performance of regional governments. An algorithm of the calculation of efficiency indicators and criteria of their estimation are offered in the article. 1.  Захаров В.   Ф., Маточкин Ю.   С. Основы региональной экономики и управ­ления. Калининград, 2005. 2.  Самофалова Е.   В. и др. Государственное...

This article analyses property right protection in the framework of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and gives the definition of property subject to protection from offences according to the Article 1 of the Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and frames the concept of expropriation and its types. The author focuses on the de facto expropriation phenomenon. 1.  Iatridis v. Greece, ECtHR 1999-II...

This article analyses the problems of the influence of family, mass media, and school on the process of individual legal socialisation. Special attention is paid to their controversial and disruptive influence on legal awareness in the conditions of the disagreement and low efficiency of social norms. 1.  Арутюнян М., Здравомыслова О., Курильски-Ожвэн Ш . Образ и опыт права: правовая социализация в изменяющейся России. М., 2008. 2.  Бабосов Е.   М . Катастрофа как объект социологического анализа...

This article analyses contradictions in the application of citizenship legislation. As of today, the application of Part III Article 13 of the Law on citizenship of 1991 (recognition as a citizen) contradicts the letter of the law. The author makes proposals regarding the changes in such practice. 1.  Басик В. Приобретение и прекращение гражданств а Российской Федера­ции // Право и жизнь. Независимый правовой журнал. 2003. №   54. С. 100—124. 2.  Блинов А.   Б., Чаплин Н.   Ю. Гражданств...

This article analyses the problems of implementation of the Special economic zone regime in the Kaliningrad region, outlines its major development trends, suggests prolongation of the transitional period for business entities using the free customs zone procedure, and emphasises certain problems of legislation improvement and application of law in the field under consideration. 1.  Об Особой экономической зоне в Калининградской области и о внесении изменений в некоторые законодательные акты Российской...

This article considers particular problems of cooperation on criminal matters in the European Union using the example of the European Arrest Warrant and European Evidence Warrant. 1.  Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, consolidated version // Offi­cial Journal. C 115. 9.5.2008. 2.  Presidency Conclusions, Tampere European Council 15 and 16 October 1999. URL : http :// presidency . finland . fi / doc / liite / treconen . rtf (дата обращения: 26.09.2011). 3.  Programme of measures...

This article attempts to elucidate the fundamental connection between law and morals. The authors substantiate the thesis about the spiritual nature of law as a methodological principle of theoretical and practical jurisprudence. The subject content of spiritual foundations of law is demonstrated through the triunity of dignity, autonomy, and mutual respect and trust. Alongside factual and legal aspects, the article addresses the moral aspect of legal relationship. 1. Большая советская энциклопедия...

This article is dedicated to the definition of the concept of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose. Through analysing criminal statutes and criminal law literature, the author identifies and examines the features of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose: objective termination of intended crime, voluntariness, finality, and timeliness. The article offers a definition of voluntary renunciation of criminal purpose 1.  Звечаровский И.   Э. Добровольный отказ от доведения преступления до...

The article focuses on the financing of priority national projects in the Russian Federation and the Kaliningrad region. The author analyses the development and implementation of programs, considers the legal regulation issues, the features of program financing and implementation in the Kaliningrad region in view of its semi-enclave positions, as well as the ways to improve program financing and implementation in legal and procedural aspects. 1.  Ковалевский А., Сучкова А. Программно-целевое бюджетирование...

This article suggests that, in many interesting cases when considering the given reference domain, one has to deal with a system of formalisms rather than a single formalism. It is argued that these systems are integrated through isomorphic embeddings of their elements into each other. The article considers some alternative notions of formalism and the definitions of isomorphic embeddings corresponding to them. A number of new results concerning their interrelations are presented without proofs...

This article formulates the problems of concept process analysis. The author analyses a set of concept procedures and identifies the bases for their classification. Different classifications of concept procedures are presented in article. 1.  Бойко А.   П. Логический анализ структуры классификации: авто­реф. дис. ... канд. филос. наук. М., 1983. 2.  Брюшинкин В.   Н. Логика. Мышление. Информация. Л., 1988. 3.  Войшвилло Е.   К., Дегтярев М.   Г. Логика как часть теории познания и науч­ной методологии...