Staff and academic interests

Ivan G. Bilas

Scientific degree:  Doctor of Law, Doctor of Historic Sciences.

Position: Head of the Chair.

Field of Research: History of State and Law of Ukraine, History of State and Law of Foreign Countries, History of Political and Legal Sciences, Theory of State and Law, International Security.

Honorary Lawyer of Ukraine.

Education:  Ivan Franko Lviv State University, 1978. 1983 graduated from Ivan Franko Lviv University - Faculty of Law. 1993 graduated from Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany) - Faculty of Law. National Academy of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in 1994. 2004 National Defense Academy of Ukraine majoring in "Management of Military Units Actions and Formations of Armed Forces.  1989 completed PhD thesis – “Police organs of the western regions of Ukraine: formation, organization, activity (1939 - 1941)”, 1993 - Doctoral thesis “Repressive and punitive apparatus in the mechanism of the Bolshevik statehood”, 1994 - Doctoral thesis “Repressive and Punitive System in Ukraine in 1917-1953: socio-political, historical and legal analysis”.

Prof. Bilas is an author of approx. 150 scientific works.

Major works:

Bilas I. G. Repressive and punitive system in Ukraine in 1917-1953: the socio-political, historical and legal analysis. In 2 Volumes. Vol.1. – Kyiv: Lybid-Viysko Ukrayiny, 1994. – 432 p. Vol.2. – Kyiv: Lybid-Viysko Ukrayiny, 1994. – 688 p.; Bilas I.G. Terrorism and International Legal Framework of combating it. Textbook. – Kyiv: National Academy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 2004. – 178 p.;

Bilas I.G. Pereyaslav treaty of 1654: Past and Present (Historical and Legal Analysis) // Ukrainian Journal of International Law. – 2007.- №1 – P.18-30.; Bilas I.G. International Legal Controls and Combating Terrorism // ZE STUDIOW POLSKO-UKRAINSKICH. Scientific Bulletin of the University of Wroclaw. – Wroclaw, 2008. – P.138-148.;

Bilas I.G. Theory of Law. A training manual (complex). Specialty - International Law. – Kyiv, IIR, 2007. – 212 p.

Legal Encyclopedia. Reference book. – K., 1998 – Vol.1;

 Legal Scholars of Ukraine. Directory - Kyiv, 1998; Golden Book of Ukrainian Elite. Information - Image Almanac in 6 volumes. – Kyiv, 2001. – Vol.3; Ukrainian Cossacks. Small encyclopedia. – Kyiv, 2002;

Recent history of Ukraine. Galicia. Reference and biographical Publications. – Kyiv, 2004. – Vol.1;

Bilas I.G. International political and state legal doctrines: Textbook. – K.: Specialized publishing house "Unesco-Sociology", 2015 – 572 p.;

Bilas I.G., Bilas A.I. Modern jurisprudence: four-book tutorial. Volume One: theory of state. – K.: Specialized Publishing House "UNESCO-SOCIO", 2018. - 456 s.;

Bilas I.G., Bilas A. I. Modern jurisprudence: four-book tutorial. Volume Two: Modern theory of law. – K.: Specialized Publishing House "UNESCO-SOCIO", 2018 – 572 pp.;

Ivan G. Bilas. Biography. Wikipedia. Free Encyclopedia. – Website: http // uk.wikipedia.org.

Kseniya V. Smyrnova

Scientific degree: Doctor of Jur. Sciences (Dr.hab)

Position: Professor

Fields of Research: EU Competition Law, EU Transport Law, Legal Framework of the EU-Ukraine Relations, EU Law in the field of Area, Security and Justice

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (2002)

Olha M. Shpakovych

Scientific degree: Doctor of Jur. Sciences (Dr.hab)

Position: Professor

Fields of Research: EU Law, Law of International Organisations, EU Institutional Law

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (2000)

Illya V. Vlyalko

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: EU Law, EU Material Law, EU Economic Law, EU Public Procurement Law

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (2005)

Olha V. Goncharuk

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: Comparative Legal Studies, Comparative Criminal Law, Comparative Criminal Procedure, EU Criminal Legislation, Comparative Judicial Law, Comparative Administrative Law, Comparative Administrative Procedure, Theory of State and Law, Roman Law.

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (1998)

Olena M. Lysenko

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: Comparative Legal Studies, Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights, Law of Public Elections

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Law (1997).

Vadym V. Popko

Scientific degree: Doctor of Jur. Sciences (Dr.hab)

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: Comparative Municipal Law, EU Commercial Law, EU Economic Law

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (2003).

Olena V. Sviatun

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: EU Law, Human Rights Protection in the EU, Dispute Settlement in the EU Law, EU Migration Law

Education: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of International Relations (2002).

Alla L. Fedorova

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Associate Professor

Fields of Research: Human Rights, the Council of Europe Law, the European Court of Human Rights, Labour and Social Law, EU Labour and Social Law.

Education: Donetsk National University, Faculty of Law and Economy (1998).

Yana S. Benedyk

Scientific degree: PhD

Position: Assistant

Fields of Research: EU Energy Law, EU Environmental Law, Legal Regulation of the EU-Ukraine Cooperation, Universal and Regional Human Rights Protection Mechanisms, International Humanitarian Law, International Criminal Law.

Education: National University “Yaroslav Mudryi Law Academy of Ukraine”, Personnel Training Faculty for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2013).