Сравнительно-правовой анализ правового статуса органов местной администрации в Российской Федерации и в Сирийской Арабской Республике

Abstract

The article examines the structure and content of the legal status of the local administration in the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic in a comparative legal context. The subject of the study is certain provisions of legislative acts on local administration regulating the organization and activities of these public authorities in Russia and Syria, as well as the works of Russian and Syrian legal scholars who consider the issues of the concept, signs and legal nature of local administration. Special attention is paid to the scope and content of the rights and obligations of the local administration, guarantees of its activities and legal responsibility. The novelty of the study lies in identifying, in a comparative legal context, the distinctive features of the legal status of the local administration in Russia and in Syria. The main conclusions of the study are the following statements: the local administration in Syria has a large amount of authority, which is due to the legislative consolidation of the principle of decentralization of public administration and the implementation of the National Decentralization Plan; The implementation of the local administration in Syria of its powers is carried out under strict pressure and control from state authorities; currently, there is no effective system of guarantees for the activities of the local administration in Syria; the experience of securing positive responsibility of the local administration at the legislative level by compiling an exhaustive list should be replicated in Russia.