Gudkov D. Administrative and legal means of preventing and combating corruption

The thesis is devoted to the study of administrative and legal means of preventing and countering corruption. The analysis of the concept and characteristic signs of corruption provided by the current legislation is carried out. The classification of corruption acts as multidimensional social and legal phenomena is proposed, namely: corruption in the state apparatus; corruption in the private sector of the economy; corruption among the highest state officials, that is, corruption in the state-political system is the main problem. The administrative and legal means of preventing corruption as part of the administrative and legal mechanism for preventing corruption are examined. Deficiencies of the existing administrative and legal means of preventing corruption were identified. Particular attention is paid to the procedure for identifying violations related to corruption and bringing those responsible to justice. As a result, it was revealed that the procedural mechanisms for detecting, recording and bringing to account for violations of the restrictions established by law as means of prohibitions are limited. It is proposed to classify the administrative and legal means of preventing and combating corruption, the means of prohibition in the form of established restrictions, the means to monitor compliance with the established restrictions and the means of responsibility for violation of the established restrictions. The possible ways of bringing to administrative responsibility for violation of existing bans, taking into account existing shortcomings of the Law of Ukraine "On the Prevention of Corruption", revealed in the most restrictive provisions, were analyzed. Attention is drawn to the need to amend the national legislation in the field of preventing corruption in order to eliminate existing conflicts and disagreements. The expediency of establishing responsibility for violation of the restriction concerning the work of close persons of the established art. 27 of the Law of Ukraine "On the Prevention of Corruption".