ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE APPLICATION OF COMMON PRINCIPLES OF LAW: THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN PEOPLE, SOCIETY AND NATURE

The relevance of the research topic stems from the role and importance of the concept of sustainable development.Its implementation allows creating a society of high legal culture, capable of properly responding to all the challenges of the time and ensuring a sustainable balance within itself and in its relationship with nature.The study's purpose is connected with the systemic development of the concept of sustainable development and the justification of sustainable development as a new general principle of law.The study utilized data obtained through qualitative data collection methods.The concept of sustainable development, reflecting the static and dynamic state of society, continues to improve in view of the need to develop new evidence-based models for solving the vital problems of mankind.The study concludes that there are four components of sustainable development that need to be put into practice: economic, social, environmental, and spiritual-moral.The spiritual and moral aspect is highlighted due to the importance of the individual as a legal subject and a subject of legal relations capable of critically analyzing the surrounding reality and their own place in it.Sustainable development presents a new general principle of law that operates in public and private law.The study substantiates the need to step up efforts to develop solutions at the national and international levels, whose realization will allow to cope with environmental problems, eliminate their causes, and resolve other systemic issues related to the environment.