No 2 (2010)

This article continues to analyze the specifities of the Russian civil procedure. The author argues his own concept of the Soviet civil procedure and describes its differences from the civil and common law types of civil procedure. He also analyses the evolution of the Russian original procedural norms since the first Soviet statutes until the modern Russian Procedural Code of 2002.

The article describes one of the grounds for rendering transactions invalid - infringement of public policy and good morals, analyses historical development of the terms «public policy» and «good morals» as well as legal regulation of this matter in the international private law, gives recommendations concerning improvement of the Russian legislation.

The article discusses the Project Agreement on air traffic between the Government of Russia and the Government of the People's Republic.

This article covers issues of establishment and formation of the anti-terroristic legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan. It touches upon gradual development of legislative framework for the struggle against terrorism, along with explanations, introduced changes and amendments as well as suggestions for further development of the national legislation in this field.

The author examines the issue of national safety which is burning for Russia as well as for all international community. The author points out that the systems of national security of foreign countries are based on specific set of national interests and goals. To achieve these goals different forms of control must be implemented: parliamentary, civil, military-administrative ones. The author analyses main international treaties and agreements that play a key role in the system of national safety.

The article analyzes the provisions of the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Seals of 1972, chronologically the first international treaty adopted with respect to the Antarctic region after the conclusion of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The definition of the Antarctic Treaty System is given and the main constituent elements of this System are specified. The seals species, which are under protection of the 1972 Convention are characterized, established by the 1972 Convention areas where hunting on seals is prohibited, allowed seasons for hunting and six allowed zones for hunting are considered. The level of seals protection under the 1972 Convention is compared with the level of conservation status of seals enshrined in the 1990 Agreement on the Conservation of Seals in the Wadden Sea and the Memorandum of Understanding concerning Conservation Measures for Eastern Atlantic Populations of the Mediterranean Monk Seal of 2007.