title: DECENTRALIZATION REFORM IN UKRAINE AS AN ELEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN VECTOR OF PUBLIC LAW DEVELOPMENT
abstract: The local public authority of a modern society is functioning within the limits of a certain territory and applies to the persons not on social (family, corporate, religious, etc.), but on a territorial basis. All entities subject to the relevant spatialgeographical unit determined by the legislation of the country must obey the said authority. In addition, the implementation of legal acts taken by local public authorities is due to the territorial boundaries of their activities.