77 Universitetska St., 83048, Donetsk, Ukraine

Phone: (062) 55 2283; 345 1503; fax: (062) 345 1502;
e-mail: iepd@dn.farlep.net

The Institute for Economic and Legal Research of NAS of Ukraine was founded in January 1992 according to the Resolution of the NAS Presidium ¹ 16 of 22.01.92 to deal with urgent issues of legal assistance to economic development at state and regional levels. In late 1996, the Institute incorporated its Luhansk Branch (NAS Presidium Resolution ¹ 1789 of 02.12.96).

The Institute carries out and coordinates fundamental economic and legal studies in the following areas: solution of theoretical and practical problems of economic law; government regulation of the economy; providing legal assistance to the formation and operation of mixed economy; economic and legal issues of socio-economic development of territorial systems; legal assistance to entrepreneurship, formation of new organizational and economic structures; economic and legal problems of preventing economic infringements; problems of legalization of shadow economy and economy decriminalization; economic and legal problems of the territories with special legal regime for economic activities; developing international economic links; economic and legal issues of regional ecology.

The institute has science schools in economic law, economics of cities and towns, system development of territories.

Scientific developments suggested for introduction to practice:

Economic Code of Ukraine that took effect on January 1, 2004; Scientific and Practical Comments on the Economic Code of Ukraine. – K.: Yurincom Inter, 2004; draft law of Ukraine ‘On the Division of Power between Government Bodies and Bodies of Local Self-Government’; proposals to and comments on legislative, normative and legal acts submitted to bodies of power.