Theoretical and legal understanding of the essence of state development in the context of globalization

Purpose. The purpose of the work is to highlight the essence and features of the development of the state in the context of globalization, as an inevitable process in the latest conditions of world coexistence, in the theoretical and legal aspect. Methodology. The methodology includes a comprehensive analysis and generalization of the available scientific and theoretical material and the formulation of relevant conclusions and recommendations. The following methods of scientific cognition were used during the research: critical-dialectical, systemic, functional, abstraction, prognostic. Results. In the research process, it was recognized that, undoubtedly, globalization realities play an important role in ensuring the proper regulatory arrangement of multifaceted social relations based on international legal standards developed by the global progressive community. Of course, one cannot do without the absorption of certain national aspects of state formation as a result of integration processes in the latest conditions of global coexistence, and therefore, taking into account the challenges of globalization, in order to ensure and approve significantly important priority national criteria, it is advisable to develop relevant and adequate legal concepts of a binding nature. Originality. In the process of research, the content of globalization is substantiated as a complex multifaceted social process of a planetary scale, which exerts an inevitable influence on the essential characteristics of states in general and the formation and development of their institutions in particular, which have the property of changing under the pressure of the spread of worldwide advanced systems of socio-political, socio-economic, spiritual - of a cultural nature determined by international legal norms, thereby making it necessary to unite the efforts of national states in order to overcome common human problems. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used in: research work - for further scientific developments devoted to the impact of globalization on state-building processes; law-making and law-enforcement activities - for the preparation and improvement of domestic normative legal acts and for the fulfillment by states of international obligations.