On the proper codification of legislation on the public service of the Russian Cossacks

Long-term disputes over the doctrine and practical implementation of ideas on the need to systematize and harmonize Russian legislation on state and municipal service, including legislation on the service of the Cossacks, a number of officially approved and completely unrealized  programs for reforming relations related to public service, have not led to the predicted desired results in this important socio-legal area. In this article, the authors substantiate the urgent need  to bring the current Russian legislation on the civil service of the Cossacks in due accordance with the spirit and letter of the amendments introduced in 2020 to the Constitution of the Russian  Federation and legalized the new legal institution "unified system of public authorities".

 The authors believe that the optimization and harmonization of federal legislation on the state and municipal service of the Russian Cossacks is necessary and possible through the development and adoption of the Code of Public Service of the Cossacks, which would incorporate the entire array of normative legal acts regulating and regulating all issues of public service by registered Cossacks. The legal legitimization of the public service system and, in particular, the public service of  the Russian Cossacks in modern conditions of functioning of the state and municipal service,  together with the service of the Cossacks in other public authorities, is also presumed. The article formulates proposals and recommendations for the codification of the current regulatory legal framework of the public service of the registered Cossacks. In addition, individual publications on this topic have been subjected to constructive critical analysis.

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