Joint Meeting of the Department of Labour, Land and Commercial Law and the Department of Private Law

On 20 May 2026, a joint meeting of the Department of Labour, Land and Commercial Law and the Department of Private Law of Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law was held to discuss the dissertations submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 081 Law (field of knowledge 08 Law) by Oleksandr Valeriiovych LUTSIUK on the topic "The Legal Regime of Agricultural Land Holdings" and by Volodymyr Bohdanovych PALIICHUK on the topic "The Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights as a Source of Ukrainian Land Law", as approved by the Academic Council of the University.

The meeting was attended by I. O. Kostiashkin, Head of the Department of Labour, Land and Commercial Law, Doctor of Law, Professor; Ya. S. Bliakharskyi, Deputy Head of the Department, Candidate of Law; Associate Professors of the Department of Labour, Land and Commercial Law A. V. Andrushko, A. L. Misinkevych, S. V. Zaverukha, L. S. Taranenko, V. A. Martyniuk and A. O. Boiko; lecturers O. V. Uroda and Yu. P. Pukhka; S. D. Grynko, Head of the Department of Private Law, Doctor of Law, Professor; Professors of the Department of Private Law V. A. Vatras, Zh. L. Chorna, G. V. Anikina and I. L. Serdechna; Associate Professors of the Department of Private Law M. B. Hariievska, O. M. Trach, L. V. Hrytsyshyna, M. I. Romas and D. S. Romas; invited participant A. M. Ivanytskyi, Associate Professor of the Department of International and European Law; and postgraduate students O. V. Lutsiuk and V. B. Paliichuk.

Those present included 3 Doctors of Law and 15 Candidates of Law and Doctors of Philosophy – specialists in the field of the dissertations. Following the discussion, it was unanimously concluded that, in terms of relevance, novelty, validity and the scientific and practical value of the results, both dissertations meet the requirements of specialty 081 Law, the Procedure for Training Higher Education Students for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Sciences (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 261 of 23 March 2016, as amended) and paragraphs 6–9 of the Procedure for Awarding the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 44 of 12 January 2022). The conclusions on the scientific novelty and the theoretical and practical significance of the results were approved, and both dissertations were recommended for defence before one-time specialised academic councils in specialty 081 Law.