Memorial Law: the problem of conceptualization and the limits of regulatory regulation

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This article conducts an interdisciplinary study in the field of the intersection of interests of memory policy and Memorial Law, which includes a legal analysis of concepts similar in meaning, an assessment of the relevance and necessity of legalizing terms related to memory policy and Memorial Law, and a study of the regulatory limits of national memorial legislation. The purpose of the study is the conceptualization of Memorial Law and the limits of its legal regulation. The analysis of approaches to the concepts of “Memorial Law” and “Memorial Law” and their relationship is carried out; the positions of opponents and supporters of memorial legislation are considered; the definition of memorial law as an interdisciplinary institute of national legislation and international law is given.

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Anton A. Vasiliev

Altai State University

Author for correspondence.
Email: anton_vasiliev@mail.ru

Doctor of Law, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Faculty of Law

Russian Federation, Barnaul

Natalya V. Krotkova

Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: krotkova2012@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2853-1287

PhD in Law, Leading Researcher, Constitutional Law and Constitutional Justice Sector; Vice-Editor-in-Chief of the State and Law Journal of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Federation, Moscow

Yuri A. Zelenin

Altai State University

Email: uri-zelenin@yandex.ru

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Theory and History of State and Law of the Faculty of Law

Russian Federation, Barnaul

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