Challenges in Implementing the Powers of Federal Executive Authorities in the Field of Public Legal Education in the Context of Ensuring the State’s Internal Sovereignty

The paper examines the specifics of how federal executive authorities exercise their powers in providing public legal education to the population in the context of ensuring internal state sovereignty. It distinguishes between legal education carried out in various sectors and general public legal education aimed at groups such as youth and migrants. The study analyzes the directions and forms of this activity and concludes that federal executive authorities still pay insufficient attention to public legal education: their related powers are presented piecemeal in statutory legal acts; in particular, ineffective outreach methods are used, and in some areas such education is not carried out at all. Moreover, no regulatory act has been adopted to systematize this type of activity by federal executive authorities. In conclusion, although there has recently been a tendency toward improvement, efforts remain inadequate for the public legal education carried out by federal executive authorities to function as an effective tool for ensuring internal state sovereignty.

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