Vitvitsky S. Control as a guarantee of the legality of public administration.

The object of study is public relations in the sphere of control that are related to the theoretical and practical problems of implementation and development the new forms of control with current trends of democratic reforms in Ukraine. Purpose is formation of scientific and practical bases of control as a guarantee of the legality of the public administration activities. Methods are philosophical, general scientific, special and own methods of jurisprudence scientific cognition; communicative, anthropological, synergistic, logical-semantic, systemic-structural methods. The methods of classification and grouping, legal method of modeling. Theoretical and practical results, scientific novelty: firstly, the methodology of the study of control problems is substantiated, in general and control as a guarantee of the legality of public administration activities, in particular; the necessity to ensure convergence of the principles of state and public control is proved; the concept of public examination as a form of social control and the means to achieve a mode of public administration legality is justified. Scientific approach is improved to the study of state and public control in their interactions. The feasibility of substantiation as unified concept of the state expertise is determined, the absence of which does not allow to clearly distinguish it from related species of the control activities of the state. Public hearings as a form of public control over the legality of public administration are identified. Scientific approach are improved to the study of state and public control, in their interactions. We got the further development of the relationship between the position of state control and non-control. The practical value: conclusions and proposals of the thesis can be used in scientific research work , for further study of control of public administration activities and improvement of the mechanism of its realization in the present conditions for democratic development. Field of use: as a theoretical material to determine the general regularities during the preparation and adoption of normative legal acts which are regulating the activities of control, in general and control of public administration activities, in particular; in practical activities of state authorities and local self-government.