MYKHAILO BAIMURATOV’S DOCTRINE OF MUNICIPAL LAW

The article highlights the role of Doctor of Juridical Science, Professor Mykhailo Baimuratov, in shaping the national doctrine of municipal law. It is argued that the nature of municipal law can be most fully understood through the communal concept of local self-government, of which Mykhailo Baimuratov is a consistent proponent. The article asserts that only through the communal approach to legal understanding can axiological, gnoseological, ontological, civilizational, institutional, functional, subject-object, constitutive, historical, categorical, ideological, economic, mental, and other aspects of understanding municipal law as an independent branch of national law be revealed. The contribu- The contribu- The contribu- tion of Mykhailo Baimuratov and the scientific school of municipal law he established is analyzed with a focus on the problems of local self-government functioning within the framework of modern consti- tutionalism in Ukraine, its role in the modernization of Ukrainian statehood, and the development of civil society. It is demonstrated that modern municipal law as a branch of law is the product of the the- It is demonstrated that modern municipal law as a branch of law is the product of the the- It is demonstrated that modern municipal law as a branch of law is the product of the the- ory of municipalism and centuries-old practice of local self-government. This branch has evolved un- der the influence of principles and key ideas of democracy, the rule of law, and human rights. It rep- resents a unique normative-legal model reflecting the state of local self-government development in a particular country (national municipal law), a specific continent (e.g., European Municipal Law), or globally (Global Municipal Law or International Municipal Law). The article emphasizes that conceptu- The article emphasizes that conceptu- The article emphasizes that conceptu- al issues of the globalization of the local self-government doctrine and the formation of internation- al municipal law have always been a significant subject of scholarly interest for Mykhailo Baimuratov. The article also explores Mykhailo Baimuratov’s role in developing innovative scientific approaches and methodologies for understanding such municipal-legal phenomena as municipal interests, munic- ipal values, municipal legal consciousness, municipal culture, municipal psychology, and militarized municipalism, among others.