Ostropilets A. Administrative and Legal Provision of Ukrainian Forensic and Expert Institutions’ Activity

The object of research is the legal relations that are formed in the field of functioning of forensic institutions of Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to determine the content and features of administrative and legal support of forensic institutions of Ukraine, as well as to outline the main directions of its improvement. Research methods: general and special-scientific, in particular: logical-semantic, logical-legal, historical-legal, structural-functional, comparative-legal methods, as well as methods of classification and grouping. Theoretical and practical results, novelty: the system of administrative and legal support of forensic institutions of Ukraine is generalized, which is defined as a set of normative legal acts of national legislation and international legal standards in this area; proposed areas for improving the administrative and legal status of public authorities that have powers in the field of state regulation of forensic activities, through a clear and comprehensive definition and coordination of their competence; the types of organizational-administrative and scientific-methodical directions of ensuring the activity of forensic institutions of Ukraine are outlined, the forms of their realization are determined; the perspective directions of use of the international experience in the field of administrative and legal regulation of activity of judicial and expert establishments of Ukraine are established; the task of interaction of forensic institutions and coordination of their activities with other entities in the field of forensic science through the integrated application of mechanisms of state and public control. Degree of implementation: the conclusions and proposals presented in the work can be used in the research field - the basis for further theoretical and legal research on the legal support of the functioning of forensic institutions, as well as for the development of legal sciences; law-making activity - for the purpose of improvement of the domestic legislation during preparation and specification of structure and the maintenance of the current legislative and by-laws on questions of administrative and legal maintenance of activity of judicial expert institutions of Ukraine; law enforcement activity - to increase the efficiency of the subjects of administrative and legal support of the activity of forensic institutions of Ukraine; educational process - for preparation of textbooks and manuals on disciplines "Administrative law", "Administrative activity", "Judicial and law enforcement agencies"; they are already used during classes in these disciplines at the Kharkiv National University of Internal Affairs. They are also taken into account in the educational and methodological developments prepared by the author.