Functions of the University Scientific Journal as an Institution of Scientific-Educational Law

The article offers the research results on complex functions of the University scientific journal, as the institution of scientific-educational law. The category «University scientific journal» is proposed to be understood in the following contents. A university scientific journal is a variety of titles of periodical scientific publications (for example, journal, a bulletin, scientific notes) published by universities using their own organizational, material, financial and other resources, or in cooperation with other publishing houses, including scientific institutions. The main form of presentation of scientific information is articles of researchers and scientists. It is proved, that by their nature scientific journals have the multifunctional content. It is extrapolated to the set of many scientific tasks, and then to the educational and other functional activities of the University in accordance with the law. In this regard, scientific-educational law is considered as a route for a special part of such an integrated branch of law as information law. This allows determining the institutional components normatively, including the functions of the scientific journal of the University. They are proposed to be considered in the complex, interrelation, incorporation not only as part of the scientific and educational law, but also with other sub-branches of the special part of the information law and certain institutions of the latter. These institutes of information law are structured in its general and special parts. At the same time, it is proposed to consider the functions of the University scientific journal in system features. Consideration of the problems specified in the title of the publication topic focuses on legal components of the needs and interests of subjects of law, the ambiguity of understanding of the purpose of a scientific journal. Particular attention is paid to those that cause a conflict of interests between scientists, teachers, university managers, individual representatives of public administration bodies. This is relevant to those who perform administration, control, determine and implement State policy in the scientific and educational sphere of the country.