Implementation of educational policy in the sphere of higher legal education in Russia and Armenia within the framework of forming the common educational standard of the EAEU

The subject of the article is the process of educational integration within the EAEU. In particular, the author examines educational integration in the field of higher legal education. The purpose of the article is to test the hypothesis regarding the possibility of establishing a common educational standard in the field of higher legal education within the EAEU. To achieve this, the author identifies the current model of cooperation in higher legal education across the EAEU, and between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia in particular.

The methodology. The author used general scientific dialectical method of scientific knowledge, the formal-logical method, systematic method and a simulation method.

The main results. The author of the article analyzes the existing mechanisms of educational integration. The well-known problems of cross-border educational cooperation in the EU are described, and gaps in the legal formalization of a potential standardization process for higher legal education within the EAEU are identified. The author concludes that educational integration and standardization in the field of higher legal education within the EAEU is possible but will require adjustments to education legislation.

Conclusions. Based on our research, the EAEU member states' pursuit of a common standard in higher legal education is achievable. However, this process requires overcoming significant barriers and improving existing legislation, both at the integration level and through potential adjustments to national educational legislation. This can be done via direct norms or secondary acts, creating a "second regime" of regulation. Historically inherited Soviet education system of the EAEU states, which underwent transformation through the Bologna Process, may serve as a foundation for further educational integration. However, diverged Russia's recent pilot project to abandon the Bologna Process in favor of a national model (per Presidential Decree No. 343) highlights the challenge of reconciling such national specificities within common EAEU integration standards, a task applicable to all member states' unique legal frameworks.

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