Principles of anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the principles of anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts and draft normative legal acts of public authorities in the context of current national legislation and the relevant requirements of the European Union. The topicality of the topic is due to the need to improve the legislation with the aim of comprehensive theoretical substantiation of increasing the effectiveness of the prevention of corruption offenses in the conditions of the transformation of the economy of Ukraine. The normative legal acts regulating the relations that arise during anti-corruption examination procedures in Ukraine are considered. The research uses general philosophical and special methods of researching legal phenomena. It indicated that anti-corruption examination relatively new compared to many other means of preventing corruption manifestations contained and regulated by the norms of current legislation. The principles of the legal institute of anti-corruption expertise have been studied, as the main prerequisites that serve as a basis for the introduction and gradual improvement of anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts of state authorities and local self-government bodies. The content of: the principle of mandatory anti-corruption examination of normative legal acts and their projects is disclosed; the principle of systematic assessment of a normative legal act in relation to other normative legal acts; the principle of reasonableness and objectivity of anti-corruption examination results; the principle of competence of persons conducting anti-corruption expertise; the principle of interaction of public authorities and their officials with institutions of civil society during anti-corruption examination. It noted that it is advisable to divide independent anti-corruption expertise into public, which is conducted by independent experts, and scientific, which conducted by institutions of higher education. The importance of further research into the principles of anti-corruption expertise in order to qualitatively strengthen the role of the main principles of anti-corruption expertise as a means of minimizing corruption risks is emphasized.