Concept of Legal Conflict and Features of Its Application in Public Administration

The article analyzes the definition, conditions of occurrence and features of the application of legal conflicts.Determinants of conflicts in legislation and public administration are factors of an objective and subjective nature.The inaccuracy of legal norms plays a particularly important role among the factors that lead to the occurrence of collisions.Eliminating this shortcoming would ensure the proper quality, balance and comprehensibility of prescriptions of regulatory and legal acts.In addition, such a requirement for legislative technique would ensure the system and logical coherence of the legislation.The issue of legal conflicts in the activities of public administration is quite relevant for any country that is in the process of developing or reforming the state system.In the conditions of the reform of the state administration system in Ukraine, which has been carried out for nine years, as well as in the conditions of the adjustment of the legislative framework in accordance with the state of war and the desire for European integration processes, the issue of collisions becomes especially relevant.Solving these problems is a prerequisite for ensuring stability and law and order: legal conflicts can lead to contradictions in legislation, slowing down decision-making processes and even legal chaos, which is unacceptable in wartime conditions.Another side of relevance is due to the practical need to increase the efficiency of administration: understanding how to overcome legal conflicts can lead to faster and more efficient administration, in particular between different state and regional authorities.This ensures not only better coordination of actions, but also protection of the rights of citizens who may suffer from ambiguities in the