ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES: CLARIFICATION OF THE DEFINITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES
Keywords:
административные процедуры, административный процесс, государственная служба, общеправовые принципы, специальные принципы, принцип верховенства права, принцип законности, принцип равенства перед законом, принцип публичности, принцип открытости, принцип беспристрастностиAbstract
The author's definition of the concept of «administrative procedures» is given, their delimitation from the category «administrative process» is disclosed. It is proved that the implementation of administrative procedures in public relations is impossible without the correct application of the principles that are the starting points of the considered law enforcement activities of executive authorities and local self-government. The principles of administrative procedures in terms of scope are differentiated into: general legal, characteristic of most branches of law; special, used to regulate specific groups of administrative and procedural relations. The general legal principles of administrative procedures are analyzed: the rule of law; legality; equality of participants in the procedure before the law; publicity; impartiality. It is concluded that the purpose of the general legal principles of administrative procedures is: to implement a generalized consolidation of the foundations of the social system; ensure uniform wording of the rules of law; to exercise their influence on social relations through legal regulation, they should act as universal guidelines in the exercise of powers by officials of executive authorities.