Судова система в часи національно-визвольних змагань в Україні (1917-1921 рр.)

Abstract

В статті розкриваються намагання створити судову систему в нелегкі часи боротьби за незалежність українського народу 1917-1921 роках. Зокрема проводиться аналіз законодавчої діяльності, щодо формування судових інстанцій як одного цілого, в часи Української Народної Республіки, гетьманату П. Скоропадського та Директорії. The article presents the description of attempts to create the judicial system in difficult times of the Ukrainian people struggle for independence in 1917–1921. In particular, the author analyses the lawmaking referring to the establishment of new judicial bodies as a single whole in the times of the Ukrainian People's Republic, the Ukrainian State of Pavlo Skoropadsky and the Directorate. The first stage of the work of the Ukrainian People's Republic's highest body – the Central Council – is marked by the creation of the Ukrainian judicial system, the main regulations of which were adopted in the General Secretariat's Declarartion. During the second stage of the Ukrainian war of independence, which encompassed the Hetmanate period, the judicial system was regulated by the «Laws of temporary state system of Ukraine». It is revealed that, having acknowledged the progress in criminal procedural legislature made in the previous stage, the government of Hetman Pavlo Skoropadsky created its own legal frame in general and judicial bodies in particular. It is stated that under the rule of the Directorate the government also tried to change those judicial institutions which contradicted its political platform. However, the analysis of the legislation of that time lets us conclude that even then there continued to function most judicial institutions established as far back as before the revolution.