Prospects of legal regulation of simplified proceedings in administrative cases

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the study is to analyze the prospects for the legal regulation of simplified proceedings in administrative cases by the Code of Administrative Procedure of Ukraine. Method. The research is based on the complex analysis and generalization of the available practical, scientific and theoretical material and the formation of the corresponding conclusions and offers. The following methods of scientific cognition were used in the research: the dialectical, system-structural, terminological, system-functional, historical, normative-dogmatic, way of generalization. Results. The study examines the historical aspect of the development of legislation on simplified proceedings, including administrative cases. It is established that a particular category of cases can be considered in the framework of simplified proceedings without an oral hearing by examining the evidence provided in writing. Simplified proceedings are differentiated proceedings containing several exceptions to the administrative, procedural form. Simplified proceedings in administrative cases are distinguished not depending on the special categories of administrative matters but particular circumstances and applying a simpler trial procedure in the cases specified by law. The current legislation on applying the rules on the simplified system of justice requires improvement to ensure the effective implementation of procedural guarantees of participants, compliance with the principles of legality and fairness in the consideration and resolution of administrative cases. Scientific novelty. It is established that the formation of simplified proceedings aims to ensure the effective implementation of procedural guarantees of the participants, compliance with the principles of legality and fairness in the consideration and resolution of administrative cases. The practical significance lies in the possibility of using materials in legislative activity, in judicial practice, in the educational process in the study of administrative proceedings.