The Scientific School of German and Administrative Law

The Scientific School of German and Administrative Law was established in 2020 in order to conduct systematic research in the field of public law, in particular administrative and administrative procedural law. Specific task of the School is the reception of German Public Law and its research aimed at borrowing the best practices for their subsequent introduction into the legislation and legal doctrine of Kazakhstan.

The School has a wide range of international partners represented both by universities and research centres in Germany, Ukraine, Switzerland, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, etc. In addition, the School systematically cooperates with non-governmental foundations and organisations such as GIZ, IRZ, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

The preferred areas of research:

• Administrative Law
• Administrative justice
• Administrative and Tort Law
• Service Law
• Police Law
• German Public Law
• Methodology for solving legal cases
• Animal Law

The Scientific School of German and Administrative Law is a structural subdivision of the MNU Law School. The School has a Centre for German Law and a Centre for Animal Law.

The school staff consists of:

• the main staff
• doctoral students, master’s students, and undergraduate students.

The staff of the school:

• MNU School of Civic Activism
• Research project: ‘Legal regulation of hunting tourism on the territory of Germany and the Republic of Kazakhstan’
• Research project: ‘Law and Wildlife’, which explores the following topics:
• Administrative and legal support of veterinary and sanitary safety in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Legal regulation of the use of animals for cultural and entertainment purposes in the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Administrative responsibility for animal cruelty
• Legal regulation of veterinary medicine in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
• Police Law in the legal system of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Organisational and legal bases of law-making activity of the subjects of public administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Administrative and legal regulation for using alternative means of transport: a comparative legal study
• Educational project for schoolchildren ‘Rules of safe and responsible treatment of animals’
• Project ‘Creating an animal-friendly environment’
• Administrative process in schemes
• Administrative procedures in charts
• The video project ‘Let’s talk about …’

• International Roundtable on Animal Law November 9, 2023
• Educational seminar for teachers of administrative law with the participation of leading German experts (in Russian) October 24-26, 2023.
• Public lecture: ‘Current trends in fraud and pyramid schemes: how not to become a victim’ September 21, 2023
• Masterclass at AIFC, September 12, 2023
• Seminar ‘Legal (juridical) argumentation’. September 5, 2023
• Research and Practice Conference on ‘’Legal State in daily life: administrative procedures and administrative justice in Germany, Kazakhstan and Ukraine‘’, September 4-5, 2023
• German Law Days at MNU, June 5-9, 2023.
• 8th International German-language MOOT COURT on State and Constitutional Law, June 5-9, 2023.
• Advanced training course for teachers of legal disciplines ‘Organisation of legal education in Germany. Methodology of solving legal cases’, June 5-6, 2023.
• Research and Training Seminar ‘ Legal State in daily life: administrative procedures and administrative-legal protection in Germany, Kazakhstan and Ukraine’, April 24-28, 2023.
• Workshop ‘Methodology for solving legal cases’, November 18, 2022.
• International Science Careers Workshop, October 27, 2022.
• Advanced training courses for teachers of administrative and legal disciplines on ‘Administrative Law: Theory and Practice of Teaching (on the example of the German methodology of solving cases)’, October 10-13, 2022.
• International scientific and practical round table on the theme: ‘State and prospects of animal law development: a view through the prism of modern challenges’, October 6, 2022.