LOCAL SELF-GOVERNING AUTHORITIES AND INTERESTS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESSES: PROBLEMS OF LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY
The article deals with the legal nature of legal responsibility related to local self-governing authorities to the state within the context of protecting the interests of small and medium-sized business entities. It is emphasized that this institution is at the stage of its formation, legal science and law enforcement practice have not yet come to the final decision; a lively debate on these issues is still ongoing. The authors of the article and the journal editorial team hope that the proposed research will contribute to the solution of the topical problem under analysis. This is provided, among other things, by the clearly formulated standpoints proposed at the end of the paper as the authors' conclusions.