Some Issues of Institutional and Legislative Support to Prevent Corruption in the Context of Current Challenges
Abstract
The purpose of the paper is to clarify the urgent problems in the area of corruption preventing in the context of modern law enforcement challenges and making of some proposals to overcome them as well as to eliminate the causes and conditions that contributed to their emergence. Methodology. To achieve the goal of the study a set of general scientific and special methods was used, in particular: historical, logical, system-structural, statistical, modeling, analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction methods. The scientific novelty lies in outlining the author`s approach to the unification of institutional, legislative and practical support for the prevention of corruption, taking into account the requirements of international standarts and the specifics of national law enforcement. Conclusions. It is necessary to ensure a balanced relationship between legal and institutional support for combating corruption, to prevent the empowerment of authorized bodies with excessive or exclusive rights in order to prevent them from exceeding their powers, as well as to minimize the risks of arbitrary interpretation of relevant legislation, including by minimizing discretionary powers.
Кeywords: corruption; prevention of corruption; anti-corruption policy; abuse of influence; declaring of unreliable information; illicit gane; independence of judiciary; Constitutional Court of Ukraine; constitutional crisis.
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