Some Issues of the Legal Regulation of the Cossacks in Constituent Entities of the Russian Federation

Abstract

The article analyzes the current state of the legal regulation of social relations existing among the Russian Cossacks at the level of constitutent entities of the Russian Federation. The author examines the legal form of regulating social relations and the content of normative legal acts adopted in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation regarding the Russian Cossacks. The paper concludes that there is a need to develop a more effective mechanism of participation of constituent entities of the Federation in the legislative process on issues of joint jurisdiction at the federal level. The author highlights the need to apply a model legislation in order to unify the provisions of regional normative legal acts. The paper focuses on the importance of a clearer definition of the legal status of the Cossacks who have assumed obligations to carry out public service, including taking into account the possibility of using physical force, special means, and cold weapons that they have the right to wear as elements of national clothing.