State and prospects of development of the science of environmental law of Ukraine in the context of european integration

The science of environmental law in modern Ukraine occupies an important place in human public life and has various levels: basic, methodological, philosophical and legal, general theoretical, industrytheoretical and applied. In the context of the proposed study, environmental science is considered at the fundamental level. It must be understood as a system of knowledge and ideas about environmental law and its constituent institutions (ownership of natural resources, environmental management rights, environmental security law, environmental legal protection, legal responsibility for environmental violations, legal climate protection, etc.), the ultimate goal of which is the development of the concept of environmental law and legislation, the study of relevant theoretical and methodological problems of this branch of law and legislation, the formation of its conceptual apparatus, scientific categories used by the legislator and law enforcement agencies, analysis of environmental policy and the role of the state in the implementation of the environmental function. The subject of environmental law science includes not only the norms and institutions of this branch of law, but also studies of environmental and legal relations regulated by other branches of legislation (environmental management, environmental tax, fee for the special use of natural resources, environmental insurance and auditing, international and European environmental community, etc.), their specificity, the reasons for the emergence, functioning and termination