VI International Scientific and Practical Conference Dedicated to the 85th Anniversary of the Birth of Doctor of Law, Professor, Founding Academician of the NALSU, First Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Leonid Petrovych Yuzkov

On March 31, 2023, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law hosted the VI International Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the birth of Leonid Petrovych Yuzkov, Doctor of Law, Professor, Founding Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, and the first Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine.
The co-organizers of the conference were the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, the V. M. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and the Eurasian Association of Law Schools and Lawyers.
The participants were welcomed by Oleh Mykolaiovych Omelchuk, Rector of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law; Valentyn Ivanovych Sokoliuk, Deputy Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Council; Serhii Hryhorovych Tiurin, Deputy Head of the Khmelnytskyi Regional Military Administration; Halyna Valentynivna Yurovska, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine; Volodymyr Andriiovych Zhuravel, Acting President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine; Oleksandr Vasylovych Skrypniuk, Director of the V. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; and Viktor Klymovych Hryshchuk, Head of the Western Regional Research Center of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.
The conference featured presentations by:
1. Oksana Viktorivna Hryshchuk, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor — “Constitutional Values and Principles in the Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine: Specific Features under Martial Law and Threats to National Security”;
2. Olha Volodymyrivna Sovhyria, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor — “Current Issues in the Activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine at the Present Stage”;
3. Oleksandr Vasylovych Skrypniuk, Director of the V. Koretsky Institute of State and Law of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine — “Leonid Yuzkov’s Constitutional Doctrine and Issues of Public Authority”;
4. Viktor Klymovych Hryshchuk, Head of the Western Regional Research Center of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Honorary Professor of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law — “Theoretical and Applied Problems of Constitutionalism in the Context of Professor Leonid Yuzkov’s Scholarly Views”;
5. Dmytro Vasylovych Lukianov, Deputy Head of the High Council of Justice, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine — “Resumption of the Work of the High Council of Justice: Problems and Prospects”;
6. Mykhailo Ivanovych Smokovych, President of the Cassation Administrative Court within the Supreme Court, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine — “Remote Justice under Martial Law: Legislative Proposals”;
7. Mykhailo Vasylovych Kostytskyi, Professor of the Department of Philosophy of Law and Legal Logic at the National Academy of Internal Affairs, Doctor of Law, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine — “Expected Prospects for the Development of Public Authority in the Context of Technogenic Civilization”;
8. Mykhailo Vasylovych Savchyn, Director of the Research Institute of Comparative Public Law and International Law at Uzhhorod National University, Member of the Professorial Council of the Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany), National Consultant to the Council of Europe on Constitutional and Parliamentary Reform, Doctor of Law, Professor — “Sovereignty and the Doctrine of Militant Democracy”;
9. Oksana Volodymyrivna Shcherbaniuk, Head of the Department of Procedural Law at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Professor of the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University, Doctor of Law, Professor — “The Supremacy of the Constitution of Ukraine: Development of Leonid Yuzkov’s Views in Official Constitutional Doctrine”;
10. Olena Markivna Boryslavska, Professor of the Department of Constitutional Law at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Doctor of Law, Professor — “The Rule of Law During Wartime: How (and Whether) Does It Operate?”;
11. Tetiana Mykolaivna Slinko, Head of the Department of Constitutional Law at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor — “Information Openness in the Activities of Public Authorities in Ukraine: Current State”;
12. Viktor Semenovych Smorodynskyi, Associate Professor of the Department of Human Rights and Legal Methodology at Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Member of the Scientific Advisory Council under the Supreme Court and the Scientific Advisory Council under the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor — “Trust in the Judiciary as a Necessary Condition for Ensuring the Right to a Fair Trial”.
Representatives of state authorities and local self-government bodies, members of the legal profession, as well as academic and teaching staff from higher education institutions and research institutions also participated in the conference.
We sincerely thank all participants for their insightful presentations and fruitful discussion!