The article is devoted to the study of the principles of anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts and draft normative legal acts of public authorities in the context of current national legislation and the relevant requirements of the European Union. The topicality of the topic is due to the need to improve the legislation with the aim of comprehensive theoretical substantiation of increasing the effectiveness of the prevention of corruption offenses in the conditions of the transformation of the economy of Ukraine. The normative legal acts regulating the relations that arise during anti-corruption examination procedures in Ukraine are considered. The research uses general philosophical and special methods of researching legal phenomena. It indicated that anti-corruption examination relatively new compared to many other means of preventing corruption manifestations contained and regulated by the norms of current legislation. The principles of the legal institute of anti-corruption expertise have been studied, as the main prerequisites that serve as a basis for the introduction and gradual improvement of anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts of state authorities and local self-government bodies. The content of: the principle of mandatory anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts and their projects is disclosed; the principle of systematic assessment of a normative legal act in relation to other normative legal acts; the principle of reasonableness and objectivity of anti-corruption examination results; the principle of competence of persons conducting anti-corruption expertise; the principle of interaction of public authorities and their officials with institutions of civil society during anti-corruption examination. It noted that it is advisable to divide independent anti-corruption expertise into public, which is conducted by independent experts, and scientific, which conducted by institutions of higher education. The importance of further research into the principles of anti-corruption expertise in order to qualitatively strengthen the role of the main principles of anti-corruption expertise as a means of minimizing corruption risks is emphasized.
The article examines the content of the concept of legal responsibility of civil servants as an element of the legal status of civil servants, reveals its normative consolidation, types (disciplinary, administrative, etc.), emphasizes the importance of civil servants aimed at improving law and order in society. Liability of civil servants is allocated as a separate institution, which contains the grounds for prosecuting civil servants, for example, for improper performance of their duties, a civil servant may be prosecuted, for example, disciplinary action and so on
The domestic legal framework is systematically updated, in particular in the context of the civil service, which is important for the adaptation of the civil service to European standards. An important event for our country was the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union in 2014, as this document had a great impact on the domestic system of public administration, civil servant status, which includes legal liability, which is a necessary condition for stability, prestige and impartiality of the civil service in general. Nevertheless, the system of legal regulation of the civil service does not yet fully meet the needs of civil society, in particular the need to provide quality public services.
The problematic aspects of bringing civil servants to justice are analyzed, for example, insufficient publicity of imposing disciplinary sanctions, which can lead to «silencing» the process or avoiding them from legal responsibility, etc .; proposals were made to define the concept of legal liability of civil servants and its main features.
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