Keyword: «corruption»

This article discusses the role of administrative and legal means of combating corruption in the system of public administration.

Corruption in higher education is a hot topic for all countries without exception. The issues of prevention and counteraction to corruption, especially in such an important area for the development of the state, should be further investigated in order to improve the effectiveness of these mechanisms. The article is devoted to the existing mechanisms of combating corruption and their analysis.

Basing on the historically changing essence of the dialectic method of knowing the truth from the point of view of etymology, the article explores law-making decisions elaborated in the doctrine of criminal law that determine the content and the legal position of the category of «corruption offences». The author draws attention to the fact that the basis of the definition of «corruption offences» may only be the etymology of the concept of «corruption». Any attempts of the theory and practice of criminal science to separate these terms, to see in them «freedom of thought» and find an independent function are a definitive failure to comprehend the truth in determining the place of the mentioned category in the system of the criminal law of Russia.

Manifestations of corruption at various levels of government are one of the most significant problems for most of the world's countries, since they are reflected in almost all state and public institutions. Corruption, being a destabilizing factor on an international scale, has long crossed the borders of one state, therefore, in-creasing the effectiveness of the fight against it requires the unification of the ef-forts of the world community as a whole. The absence in international criminal law of a unified approach to the legislative interpretation of the definition of «corruption crimes» excludes the correct and consistent application in judicial practice of the relevant norms of anti-corruption legislation.

The article analyses actual problems related to the legal regulation of migration in the Russian Federation, including the imperfection of the conceptual apparatus, the presence of corruption factors and a number of others. The author recommends the introduction of the institution of Migration Commissioner in the Russian Federation, which will systematize gaps and conflicts in legislation, identify problems of law enforcement practice, make more informed changes to migration legislation.