Attorneys Association SeP&P

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Managing Partner of Attorneys’ Association “SeP&P”

Serhii S. Pavlov, PhD
Associate Professor, Advokat

The Managing Partner acts on behalf of the Attorneys’ Association in accordance with the Association’s Charter, and applicable European legal and professional standards governing legal practice and cross-border legal services within the European Union.

Serhii S. Pavlov is a Ukrainian and German legal scholar, attorney-at-law, and human rights advocate, holding a PhD in Law in the fields of Theory and History of State and Law and the History of Political and Legal Doctrines. He is a member of the Bamberg Bar Association (Germany), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) (Brussels, Belgium), and the Union of Lawyers of Ukraine.

His academic and professional work focuses on the evolution of legal traditions, philosophy of law, international law, and human rights, particularly the right to life and the right to peace. He is the author of the monograph Law and Counterrevolution: The Confrontation of the Western Legal Tradition (2023), prepared in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth with the support of the VolkswagenStiftung within the project Formation of a New Tradition of European Law. His scholarly approach develops the intellectual tradition of Professor Harold J. Berman of Harvard Law School and his seminal work Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition (1983).

Serhii Pavlov began his human rights activities in 2002 as a volunteer advocate and took his first steps in legal scholarship under the guidance of Yuriy Oborotov – Professor, Doctor of Legal Sciences, Honoured Lawyer of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Vice-Rector for Research of the National University “Odesa Law Academy,” and Head of the Department of General Theoretical Jurisprudence at the same institution.

He graduated with distinction from the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management (Kyiv, Ukraine) in 2004, earning a degree in Law (LL.M.), and later completed a second degree in International Economic Relations at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

He was admitted to the Bar of Ukraine in 2006. Following the public defence of his dissertation entitled “Legal Traditions of Ukraine” at the National University “Odesa Law Academy,” devoted to the evolution and continuity of Ukrainian law within the framework of general theoretical jurisprudence, he was awarded a PhD in Law in 2010.

A notable stage of his legal practice came in 2018, when, following the cassation appeal filed by attorney Serhii Pavlov in case No. 127/10583/17, the Supreme Court of Ukraine set aside a judicial act that had violated the principle of legal reciprocity between Ukraine and Canada, thereby restoring the application of this principle in private international law. The decision subsequently prompted an intergovernmental dialogue on the development of legal cooperation in civil matters.

In 2019, he participated in the national selection procedure for candidates for the position of Judge of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Ukraine.

Author of the concept of the legal value of the human right to life, within which he proposed the new legal category of the “Equilibrium of law” and examined its significance for the protection of fundamental human rights and the development of contemporary legal theory.

He is the author of more than thirty academic publications and has nineteen years of legal practice and thirteen years of academic teaching experience at leading universities in Ukraine and Germany.

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Serhii Pavlov

2025

  1. Pavlov, S. (2025). Ukraine as a Regulatory Bridge: Harmonizing GMO Laws Across the EU, US, and UK Approaches.

2023

  1. Pavlov, S. (2023). Law and Counterrevolution: The Confrontation of the Western Legal Tradition. Monography, Kulmbach, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

2018

  1. Pavlov, S. (2018). Commercial Procedural Law: Curriculum for Bachelor’s Degree. Department of Law, Vinnytsia Trade and Economic Institute of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. Approved by the Academic Council.

2017

  1. Pavlov, S. (2017). Legal Traditions in the Legal System of Ukraine. In Legal System of Ukraine: Problems and Prospects. Kyiv: KNTU.

2016

  1. Pavlov, S. (2016). Europe 2020 and Ukraine 2020: Methodology of Analysis in the Context of 2016. In Welfare of Nations in Conditions of Global Instability: Proceedings of the Sixth International Scientific and Practical Conference. Odesa: Mechnikov Odesa National University.

2015

  1. Pavlov, S. (2015). Review of the Dissertation Abstract by Mykola Melnychuk on the topic “Legal Regulation of Public Health Protection in the Ukrainian SSR (1921–1929)”, submitted for the degree of PhD in the specialty 12.00.01 Theory and History of State and Law; History of Political and Legal Doctrines.

2014

  1. Pavlov, S. (2014). Jurisprudence of Ukraine (Contemporary Methodological Trends). Law and Society, 6(2).
  2. Pavlov, S. (2014). Sovereignty of the Modern State in the Era of Globalism. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Odesa: Phoenix.

2013

  1. Pavlov, S. (2013). One of the Problematic Issues of Jurisdiction in the Economic Judiciary of Ukraine. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Materials of the International Scientific Conference (Odesa, May 16–17, 2013). Odesa: Phoenix.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2013). The Role of Pragmatism in the Development of Modern Legal Methodology. In Development of the Methodology of Modern Jurisprudence: Proceedings of the Third International Scientific Conference (Odesa, April 12, 2013). Odesa: Phoenix.

2012

  1. Pavlov, S. (2012). Categorical Characteristics of Traditions in the Ideal Dimension of Law. Actual Problems of State and Law, 65.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2012). Philosophical Methodology of General Theoretical Jurisprudence of the Present. In Issues of Improving the Methodology of Modern Jurisprudence: Proceedings of the Second International Scientific Conference Dedicated to Prof. O. Surilov. Odesa.
  3. Pavlov, S. (2012). Presumption of Trust as the Basis of the Modern Legal Life of Ukraine. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference Dedicated to the 15th Anniversary of the National University “Odesa Law Academy” and the 165th Anniversary of the Odesa School of Law (Vol. 1). Odesa: Phoenix.

2011

  1. Pavlov, S. (2011). Modern Changes in the Unity of Law and State. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Odesa: Phoenix.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2011). Tradition as a Value of the Legal Culture of Ukraine. In Actual Problems of the Philosophy of Law: Legal Axiology — Proceedings of the International Round Table. Odesa.

2010

  1. Pritula, A., & Pavlov, S. (2010). Professional Ethics of a Lawyer: Educational and Methodological Guide. Odesa: Phoenix.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2010). Ukrainian Law and Its Traditions. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Odesa: Law House.
  3. Pavlov, S. (2010). Legal Traditions of Ukraine. (Monograph based on dissertation research). Odesa: National University “Odesa Law Academy”.

2009

  1. Pavlov, S. (2009). On the Definition of the Tradition of the Law of Ukraine. Actual Problems of State and Law, 45.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2009). Legal Traditions in the Institutionalization and De-institutionalization of the Legal Heritage of Ukraine. In Legal Life of Modern Ukraine: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Odesa: Phoenix.

2008

  1. Pavlov, S. (2008). Legal Tradition and Custom: Semantic Boundaries of Concepts. Journal of Kyiv University of Law, 2.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2008). Legal Traditions in Defining the System of Ukrainian Law. Actual Problems of State and Law, 39.
  3. Pavlov, S. (2008). Stereotypization of Ukrainian Legal Experience in Ensuring the Rule of Law. In Modern Legal Order: National, Integrative, and International Dimensions. Odesa: Phoenix.
  4. Pavlov, S. (2008). Theoretical and Methodological View on the Delimitation of the Meaning of “Legal Tradition” and “Tradition of Law”. In Current Issues of Theory and History of Human Rights, Law, and State. Odesa: Phoenix.

2007

  1. Pavlov, S. (2007). Legal Vocabulary and Legal Terminology in the Legal Traditions of Ukraine. Legal Bulletin, 3.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2007). Legal Culture of Ukraine in the Genesis of World Civilizations. Actual Problems of State and Law, 34.
  3. Pavlov, S. (2007). Legal Traditions of Ukraine: Directions of Scientific Research. Actual Problems of State and Law, 36.
  4. Pavlov, S. (2007). Methodology of Research of Legal Traditions of Ukraine. Actual Problems of Policy, 30.
  5. Pavlov, S. (2007). Methodology of Scientific Knowledge of Legal Traditions of Ukraine. Law of Ukraine, 10.

2006

  1. Pavlov, S. (2006). Legal Traditions of Ukraine — Assumption or Reality. In Actual Problems of Theory and History of Human Rights, Law, and State: Proceedings of the IV All-Ukrainian Scientific Conference. Odesa: Legal Literature.
  2. Pavlov, S. (2006). Spiritual Values of the Eurasian Legal Family. In Law, State, Spirituality: Ways of Development and Interaction. Odesa: Phoenix.
  3. Pavlov, S. (2006). Legal Mentality and Legal Tradition. Actual Problems of State and Law, 29.

2005

  1. Pavlov, S. (2005). Legal Tradition in the Formation and Development of Legal Reality in Modern Legal Science. Actual Problems of State and Law, 25.

2003

  1. Pavlov, S. S. (2003). Human Cloning and Its Legal Consequences. In Proceedings of the Third International Scientific and Practical Conference “The World of Youth — Youth of the World” (Ed. I. P. Arapova). Kyiv: VI IAPM.

2002

  1. Pavlov, S. S. (2002). The Conflict of Importance Between Human and State Rights in the Actual State of Social Development in Ukraine. In Proceedings of the Second International Scientific and Practical Conference “The World of Youth — Youth of the World” (Ed. I. P. Arapova). Kyiv: VI IAPM.