Features of civil liability of police officers for damage caused under the influence of force majeure

Strelbytska Lilia; Strelbytskyi Mykola; Shemchuk Viktor; Rizak Mykhailo; Kulhavets Khrystyna

Strelbytska Lilia National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine
Strelbytskyi Mykola National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine
Shemchuk Viktor V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University
Rizak Mykhailo Leading Researcher of the Scientific Institute of Public Law, Ukraine.
Kulhavets Khrystyna Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies of Lviv, Ukraine

Abstract

The aim of the article is to analyze the characteristics of civil liability of Ukrainian police officers for damage caused under the influence of force majeure. At a methodological level to achieve the objectives of the article, the following scientific methods were combined: general (dialectical, formal-logical, system-structural) and special (historical, comparative-legal, etc.). Essentially, the concept of force majeure and its characteristics are studied, as well as two main theories of force majeure (objective and subjective). In addition, the main differences between force majeure and case are established. The types of force majeure circumstances and their particular properties are studied. By way of conclusion, the fact that police officers are exonerated from civil liability for causing damage under the influence of force majeure is discussed, if they can prove the effect of this influence. For the rest, given that Ukraine's jurisprudence on the exemption from civil liability of police officers due to force majeure is quite limited to formulating a precedent, it is based on the general rule that, in tort, the recognition that the damage was the result of accidental circumstances excludes the occurrence of liability for damages.

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Author Biographies

Strelbytska Lilia, National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine

Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the Department of Civil Law Disciplines of the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Strelbytskyi Mykola, National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine

Doctor of Law, Professor, Principal Reseacher of the National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Shemchuk Viktor, V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

PhD in Law, Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine, Associate Professor of the Department of Constitutional and International Law of V.I. Vernadsky Taurida National University, Ukraine.

Rizak Mykhailo, Leading Researcher of the Scientific Institute of Public Law, Ukraine.

Doctor of Law, Leading Researcher of the Scientific Institute of Public Law, Ukraine

Kulhavets Khrystyna, Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies of Lviv, Ukraine

PhD in Law, Senior Lecturer at the Law Department of the Veterinary Hygiene, Ecology and Law Faculty Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies of Lviv, Ukraine.

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