Kritsak I.L. Pre-trial settlement of administrative and legal disputes: national experience and international standards. – Qualifying scientific work on manuscript rights. Dissertation for obtaining the educational and scientific degree of Doctor of Philosophy in specialty 081 "Law". Zaporizhzhia National University, Zaporizhzhia, 2023. Within the framework of the dissertation research, a scientific generalization of theoretical approaches and practical problems related to the pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes was carried out, as well as a number of proposals were developed to introduce changes and additions to the current legislation, aimed at improving administrative - legal bases of activities of public administration bodies in this area. In order to fulfill the research objectives within the scope of the dissertation, the state of the scientific development of the study of pre-trial (out-of-court) procedures for the settlement of legal disputes was clarified, the directions that require in-depth scientific analysis were singled out; the content is revealed and the types of pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes are distinguished, the legal basis for their implementation is defined; the principles of pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes are systematized and their content is revealed. International standards of pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes and peculiarities of their resolution in foreign countries are studied. The content of the mediation procedure for out-of-court settlement of administrative-legal disputes is revealed and directions for its improvement are highlighted. The contents of administrative procedures for pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes are revealed, directions for their improvement are highlighted. The peculiarities of the pre-trial procedure for challenging decisions, actions or inaction of the subjects of the administrative-delict jurisdiction have been clarified, suggestions for its improvement have been systematized. Areas of improvement of legal support and implementation of certain prospective procedures for pre-trial and out-of-court settlement of administrative-legal disputes are highlighted. The scientific novelty of the obtained results lies in the fact that the dissertation is one of the first attempts to comprehensively, using modern methods of knowledge, taking into account the latest achievements of the science of administrative-procedural law, to determine the peculiarities of the pre-trial settlement of administrative-legal disputes, as well as to identify directions for improving the current legislation in the researched area . As a result of the study, a number of new scientific propositions and conclusions were proposed, which are presented for defense. A number of scientific conclusions and proposals were formulated to fulfill the tasks, including, in particular. The author's interpretation of the concepts "pre-trial settlement of an administrative-legal dispute", "administrative procedure", "administrative proceedings", "administrative procedure of pre-trial settlement of an administrative-legal dispute" is offered, their content is revealed. Alternative procedural forms of pre-trial and out-of-court settlement of administrative-legal disputes have been systematized and singled out, namely: administrative procedure of appeal of decisions, actions or inaction of subjects of power, in accordance with the procedure defined by the Law of Ukraine "On Appeals of Citizens"; the administrative procedure of appealing an administrative act of a subject of authority, in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Administrative Procedure"; mediation - an out-of-court procedure for the settlement of a public-law conflict (dispute), which is carried out with the help (mediation) of a mediator; reaching a tax compromise when resolving tax disputes, in accordance with the Tax Code of Ukraine; administrative appeal of decisions in cases of administrative offenses, in accordance with the procedure specified by the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses and the Customs Code of Ukraine. The scientific provisions regarding the need for systematization and more detailed regulation of the stages of the mediation procedure in the Law "On Mediation" have been improved, as well as the definition of clear algorithms for the mediator's actions to resolve the dispute, the determination of the legality of the decision made by the mediator as a result of the dispute resolution and the possibility of appealing it in court, expansion and specification of the provisions regarding the specifics of the mediation procedure for the resolution of separate categories of public-law and private-law disputes...
