“Pravova derzhava”. Issue 37 (2026), pages 222–230.

DOI: 10.33663/0869-2491-2026-37-222-230

Kleschenko Natalia
Enforcement as a form of implementation of norms of law during martial state: problems and guarantees of provision

ISSN online: 2617-9776 print: 0869-2491

Introduction. The introduction of martial law in 2022 led to a significant transformation of the mechanisms for implementing legal norms, within which enforcement becomes a key form of law enforcement aimed at ensuring public interests, the state’s defense capability, and the stability of law and order. In wartime, the enforcement of legal norms becomes increasingly imperative, combined with an expansion of the scope of legal obligations of subjects and, at the same time, permissible restrictions on subjective rights and freedoms. The relevance of the study is also due to the presence of practical problems related to ensuring the proper implementation of legal norms under conditions of extraordinary challenges, institutional restrictions, and rapid changes in regulatory regulation. In this context, scientific understanding of enforcement as a form of implementing legal norms during martial law is necessary to develop effective legal guarantees, improve law enforcement practice, and ensure a balance between the public interests of the state and the protection of individual rights and freedoms.

The aim of the article. The purpose of the article is a comprehensive theoretical and legal analysis of enforcement as a form of implementing legal norms during martial law, identifying the main problems of its implementation, and substantiating the system of guarantees for ensuring the proper implementation of legal provisions under the conditions of a special legal regime.

Results. Enforcement is one of the forms of implementation in law, the essence of which is the embodiment by the addressee in the actual behavior of legal obligations by committing a certain type of action. In the system of forms of implementation of law, enforcement is closely related to the level of legal awareness and legal culture of subjects and the effectiveness of legal regulation mechanisms.

In conditions of martial law, the implementation of legal norms acquires an increased mobilization character, since a significant part of legal regulations is aimed at ensuring the defense of the state, public security, the functioning of critical infrastructure, the fulfillment of military duty, labor and civil obligations in conditions of extraordinary challenges.

During this period, the implementation of legal norms is manifested in the following areas: 1) defense, in particular through the fulfillment of obligations regarding military registration, mobilization, military service, etc.; 2) public and administrative sphere, namely, compliance with curfew, special rules of movement, the implementation of orders of state authorities and military administrations; 3) labor, through the performance of labor duties in conditions of changing the work regime, involvement in socially useful works, performing special tasks at critical infrastructure facilities; 4) civil law, fulfillment of contractual obligations under force majeure conditions, compliance with special economic regimes. Guarantees of enforcement as a form of implementation of legal norms during martial law are a system of normatively enshrined, organizational-institutional and procedural legal means aimed at creating conditions for proper, timely and mandatory compliance with legal requirements by all subjects of law in conditions of extraordinary socio-political circumstances. The key such guarantees include: 1) clarity and certainty of legal requirements; 2) effective functioning of state authorities and military management; 3) the presence of effective mechanisms for control and responsibility for violations of legal norms; 4) proper information support for subjects of law and resource provision for bodies responsible

for the implementation of legal norms; 4) legal education and explanatory work on the features of the legal regime of martial law. The set of these guarantees ensures the stability of the legal order and prevents deformations in the process of implementing law under martial law.

Conclusions. Enforcement as a form of implementing the norms of law during martial law is characterized by increased imperativeness, mobilization orientation and dependence on the actual circumstances of the war. The main problems of its implementation are complex and are caused by a combination of regulatory instability, institutional constraints, resource shortages and socio-psychological factors. The effectiveness of the implementation of the norms of law under martial law directly depends on the balance between public security interests and compliance with the principles of the rule of law, legal certainty and proportionality.

Keywords: implementation of the law, forms of implementation of the law, implementation of the norms of law, martial law, law and order, guarantees of ensuring the implementation of the norms of law, lawful behavior, legal awareness, duties.

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