The development of judical system in Ukraine during the period of the Ukrainian Central Rada (June 1917 ? April 1918): an historical aspect

In this article the author pointed out of the features of the judical system structure at the time of Ukrainian revolutionary parliament. After creating the General Secretariat of Legal Affairs,the Ukrainian Central Rada decided to get down to reformation of the judical system.First of all,it was necessary to start creating a higher legal authority.On November 1th,1917, the socialist revolutionary M.Tkachenko became a commisioner of legal affairs. On November 7 th,1917,the name "general commissariat of legal affairs" was replaced by the "general secretariat of legal affairs". The judical system of the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UPR) was divided into judical appelate chambers.The jurisdiction of the Kyiv Appelate Court applied to the territories of Kyiv,Poltava,Chernihiv,Volyn,and Podillia provinces;the Kharkiv Appellate Court-to the territories of Kharkiv and Katerynoslavsk provinces; the Odesa Appelate Court-to the territories of the city of Odesa, as well as Kherson province and Dniprovsky district of Tavria province. According to the modern researcher O.M.Myronenko, the judical system of Ukraine was subordinate to the central power,"During the first months after the revolution ,the judical system in Ukraine was hardly different from the one in the other territories of Russia, where the Temporay Government abolished the court martials, the rural "special presences" and the positions of zemsky chiefs, renewed the activity of the courts of peace, which had been abolished in Ukraine in 1889,and made the legal authorites complaint with the first edition of "Legal Institutions 1864",expect for Odesa and Kharkiv". The elections of judges were held by means of secret ballot. The candidate,who won the majority,was considered to be elected, expect for those cases when it was necessary to win 3/5 votes of the present members of the Ukrainian Central Rada.