Introduction. Public authorities, officials, civil servants in carrying out administrative activities, in some cases may violate the principle of legality of public administration, carry out erroneous administrative actions, adopt unreasonable and illegal administrative acts. These negative results of executive and administrative activities of officials violate the rights and freedoms of man and citizen, the legitimate interests of public organizations and legal entities. Such phenomena are called "administrative error". The purpose of the article is to develop theoretical and legal bases of administrative error in the activities of public authorities. Research methods. During the analysis of the essence and content of the administrative error, general scientific methods were used, which are based on the method of dialectics, and especially scientific methods of legal knowledge (formal-logical, system-structural). Summary of the main results. The article is devoted to the analysis and research of the concept of administrative error in various legal spheres. The question of studying the causes and consequences of such errors is relevant today, as Ukraine is still reforming the administrative system and changes in the system of public authorities and public administration. These processes, under the influence of administrative reform, have shown not only declarative intentions to transform these relations towards democratic ones, but also a real desire to change the system of public administration to European standards. Therefore, the process of development of public administration was one of the defining components of the overall vector to a democratic, social and legal state. During the exercise of powers by public authorities, officials and civil servants, the action or inaction of governmental subjects of administrative law may be allowed, which leads to violation of human and civil rights and freedoms, legitimate interests of public organizations and legal entities. The consequences of their actions, which lead to administrative errors, are particularly severe, as they violate key principles of public administration, legal rights and individual freedoms, and diminish the authority of public authorities. An imperfect system of mechanisms for the occurrence, detection and prevention of administrative errors is a significant barrier to ensuring a modern system of good governance. Because administrative errors of public authorities are a serious political and socio-legal problem of assumptions, which demonstrate the legal insecurity of man and citizen. Conclusions. Creating an effective mechanism for detecting, preventing and correcting administrative errors could be crucial to reforming the system of public administration in line with modern European values.
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Jan 2, 2021
Sven G Holtsmark 
Open Access
