Scholarship that builds the foundation for practical reform.

This collection brings together Hanna Kotyk's research on legislative systematization, juvenile law, child protection, international standards, and comparative legal-policy development.

Scholarly Articles

9 publications · English-language PDFs

Concept and Types of Systematization of Legislation

A comprehensive analysis of legislative systematization, including codification, consolidation, incorporation, accounting of normative acts, and selected foreign approaches.

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Human Rights in the Context of Gender and Juvenile Policy in Different Legal Systems

A comparative study of how different legal systems shape gender and juvenile policy and the formation and protection of women's and children's rights.

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Implementation of International Standards for Prevention and Fight Against Trafficking in Children and Child Execution in the National Legal System

Examines Ukraine's implementation of international obligations addressing child trafficking and kidnapping and identifies prospective directions for improving national legal safeguards.

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Incorporation as a Principle of Efficient Codification of Juvenile Laws

Explores incorporation as a method for harmonizing existing laws and regulations and as a practical principle for the efficient codification of juvenile legislation.

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Legal Composition and Algorithms of the Convention on the Rights of the Child: Legal-Technological Analysis

Analyzes the Convention's formal and substantive construction, legal algorithms, drafting features, and universal role in protecting children's rights and development.

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Legal Technologies of Consolidation of the Juvenile Legislation of Ukraine

Defines the methods, stages, subject composition, and intellectual tools used to consolidate fragmented juvenile normative material into a coherent legal act.

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New Ukrainian Laws in the Field of Children's Rights Protection

Reviews developments in Ukrainian child-rights legislation and the state's legal obligations to protect children's welfare, safety, development, and equal rights.

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Notion of Law Systematization in Modern Legal Doctrine

Examines legal systematization as a response to conflicts, gaps, repetition, and inconsistent terminology within large and evolving bodies of law.

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System of Legislative Acts of Ukraine in the Field of Childhood Protection

Maps the constitutional, family, civil, criminal, social-service, and child-welfare laws that collectively form Ukraine's legal framework for childhood protection.

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