European Convention on Human Rights and the Legal Positions of the European Court on Human Rights as a Part of the Economic Law of Ukraine
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https://doi.org/10.21564/2414-990X.169.334748Keywords:
European Convention on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, case-law of the European Court of Human Rights, legal positions of the European Court of Human Rights, source of law, economic lawAbstract
The relevance of the study is due to the lack of unified methodological principles for the use of the 1950 European Convention on Human Rights, the protocols thereto (Convention) and the relevant case-law (legal positions) of the European Court of Human Rights (Court) in the main branches of national law of Ukraine, which would clearly take into account the special international legal nature of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court as the only source of law. The purpose of this article is to determine the impact of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court on the regulation of internal economic relations in Ukraine and to clarify their place among other sources of Ukrainian economic law. The methodological basis of the study is a combination of general philosophical, special scientific and legal methods, which allows for a comprehensive analysis of the definition of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court as a source of economic law in Ukraine. In particular, the following research methods were used in the article: dialectical, formal-logical, analysis and synthesis, systemic-structural, comparative-legal and logical-legal. The article explores the issues of the autonomy of the Convention and the case-law (legal positions) of the Court in the legal system of Ukraine; the general legal principles of the application of the Convention and the case-law (legal positions) of the Court in the domestic law of Ukraine and the experience of specialists from various branches of national law of Ukraine in the application of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court; the importance of taking into account the international legal nature of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court for their correct application in the domestic law of Ukraine; determining the place of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court in the system of sources of economic law of Ukraine. An analysis of the economic legislation of Ukraine and the instructions provided to the economic courts of Ukraine by the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine in the Information Letter “On the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of 1950, the Jurisdiction and Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights” No. 01-06/1444/16 dated 04/22/2016 was conducted. Conclusions are drawn and general recommendations are provided regarding the correct application of the Convention and the legal positions of the Court in the commercial law of Ukraine.
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