LEGAL REGULATION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL STATUS OF CADETS OF THE STATE BORDER SERVICE OF UKRAINE

Introduction. The article deals with the legal regulation of the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The results of the analysis of certain problematic legal issues of the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine are presented. Purpose. The purpose of the study is to summarize and analyze the legal acts which determine the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Identification of legal issues and search for ways to eliminate them. Materials and methods. The research materials are: 1) legal acts regulating relations related to military service; 2) legal acts regulating relations in the field of protection and defense of the State border; 3) legal acts ensuring the realization of cadets' rights to higher education; 4) results of scientific research by domestic and foreign authors in the field of ensuring cadets' rights to health care. The research was carried out using the following methods: formal-logical (to identify the specific features of certain legal phenomena, their legal nature of the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine); systemic-structural (to identify the essence of such a thing as the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine; historical and legal (in the process of disclosing the current state of legislation); general scientific methods: dialectical, systemic, logical, analysis, synthesis, and others. Results. The article reveals the gaps in the law regulating the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. The author summarizes and determines that the characteristic features which distinguish the administrative and legal status of cadets from others are the legal relations arising in the relevant areas 1) relations realized in the course of military service; 2) relations arising from the exercise of powers in the field of protection and defense of the State border; 3) relations realized in connection with the cadets' higher education. The article notes that the State and society face new challenges and tasks in connection with military aggression. Based on the results of the legal analysis of the legal acts regulating the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, it is established that current socio-political conditions require amendments to legislation, in particular, to ensure the exercise of cadets' rights to health care. Discussion. In future research, it is proposed to focus on finding ways to improve the regulation of the administrative and legal status of cadets of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine.