Legal status of local governments as subjects of administrative and legal relations

Abstract

This article is devoted to the study of the legal status of local governments, which act as subjects of administrative and legal relations. In the process of studying the legal status of local governments as subjects of administrative and legal relations, the author reveals the concepts, functions, powers and features of the legal status of local governments and ways to improve the local government as a whole, given the positive experience of the European Union. The article highlights legal framework which serves as a regulator of local government at the national level. In general, the main document on which local self-government is based is the Constitution of Ukraine, in which a separate section on local self-government reveals issues related to the specific application of the principles of local self-government in Ukraine. The next, no less important in the field of local government regulation in Ukraine, are special laws, namely the Law of Ukraine "On Local SelfGovernment in Ukraine" and the Law of Ukraine "On the Status of Deputies of Local Councils". The first law covers and characterizes the system in which local self-government operates in Ukraine, and the second covers the limits of the deputy's activity and its legal status. It is worth mentioning a number of regulations governing certain areas of local government. These include: the Law of Ukraine "About Access to Public Information"; Law of Ukraine "About the open use of public funds"; Law of Ukraine "About Regulation of Urban Development"; Law of Ukraine "About Principles of State Regulatory Policy in the Sphere of Economic Activity"; Law of Ukraine "About improvement of settlements"; Budget Code of Ukraine. According to the study, an analysis of the current state of local self-government in Ukraine was conducted. In particular, some problematic issues related to the sphere of activity of local selfgovernment bodies, which need to be resolved immediately, have been identified. Based on the study of the legal status of local governments and analysis of interaction problems between public authorities and local governments in the European Union, the author proposed ways to further improve the interaction of local governments and local governments of Ukraine.