Control as a function of the state

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of control as a function of the state through the prism of linguistic constructions used in science and etymology of the term “control”. The authors consistently substantiate the position according to which control as a function of the state can be considered as a form of normatively fixed conscious and socially approved process of functioning and development of the system of state administration. In addition, control has specific features expressed in the need to maintain order and the implementation of regulatory actions performed by a special subsystem within the mechanism of the state, which is an organized and institutionalized system of a higher order. The hypothesis is argued that the peculiarity of the state control function lies in its separation into an independent direction of state activity in order to systematize legal practice in the framework of interaction “subject — object of control”, to identify the causes and conditions contributing to the deviation from the normatively established model of behavior, and to return to the mainstream of normatively envisaged, socially approved functioning. Control as a function of the state is aimed at improving the institutions of the state and out of state activity. At the same time, an effective system of control within the framework of public administration is based on the results of legal practice.