ПРИНЦИПЫ СОВЕТСКОГО ЛЕСНОГО ПРАВА
В статье рассмотрен вопрос принципов лесного права в советском законодательстве. Доказано наличие двойных стандартов в их закреплении. Декларируемые принципы советского лесного права были направлены на сохранение лесов и их доступность для всех слоев населения. На практике происходило закрепление принципов, направленных на уничтожение лесов с целью обеспечения строительства социализма. ; The problems of establishing and implementing the principles of forestry law in Ukraine during the Soviet period, which so far have not found a detailed coverage of modern juridical science. The purpose of this article is to identify by means of formal logic and comparative legal method the consolidation patterns and implementation of these principles. In the field of forestry, the primary document, that formulated principles of forest law is Lenin's Decree "On Forests" 1918, which secured the exclusive state ownership of this natural resource. The presence of double standards in the formal consolidation of the principles of Soviet forestry law is shown. First declarative reflected in the legal documents. Second the real is entrenched at the level of sub-legal acts. Declared principles of Soviet Forest Law were aimed at preserving forests and their accessibility to all segments of the population. Really, the practice of principles consolidation was aimed at the destruction of forests to ensure the construction of socialism. The principles of Soviet forest law were singled out and analyzed: 1) the right of exclusive state ownership to forest resources; 2) the availability of forests for everyone; 3) the principle of sustainable forest management; 4 ) the principle of paid forest use; 5) the principle of permitted use of forests; 6) planned character of forestry; 7) the principle of centralized forest management; 8) legal protection of forests; 9) the principle of the afforestation. Analysis of the implementation of the principles of Soviet forestry law in legal acts and practices of implementation showed their declarative character. In order to identify the real principles of forest law in force in the Soviet state approach, which consists in the derivation of legal principles from the content of legal norms, was implemented. It allowed to establish the actual content of the basic principle of the forestry law the principle of predatory use of forests to build communism.