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LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF UKRAINIAN MODERN LEGISLATION

Nataliia Artykutsa

Information about the author:  Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professorб Сhief Researcher of the Department of Theory and Practice of Legislative Activity, Legislation Institute of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

e-mail: artykutsa@gmail.com

Title: LANGUAGE AND TERMINOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF UKRAINIAN MODERN LEGISLATION

Rubric: PROBLEMS OF SOCIO-POLITICAL AND LEGAL TERMINOLOGY

Language: Ukrainian

Abstract:  The author reviews publications of Ukrainian jurists and linguists on the choice and application of terms in legislation, the  negative consequences of inconsistency of terminology in laws and codex’s for law applicable practice.
As a result of linguistic monitoring of document’s texts and the Dictionary of Legislative Terms from the Database “Legislation of Ukraine” revealed cases of misuse of terms, violations of modern Ukrainian language, interference errors caused by the influence of Russian language  during the Soviet period.
The author classifies typical errors and outlines the range of actual linguistic and terminological problems of modern Ukrainian legislation,  emphasizing the need for a comprehensive balanced approach to solving problems related to the standardization, unification and  standardization of legal terms.
The article provides examples of errors and variability of terms in legislation, that highlights the need to standardize the terminology of  Ukrainian legislation by a special terminology commission based on the implementation of achievements of modern legal terminology and  standards of the Ukrainian language.

Keywords: term, terminology, legal term, language and terminology of legislation, normative-legal text, terminological problems, language errors.

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