Russian Journal of Economics and Law (Sep 2015)
ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY IN THE SYSTEM OF LEGAL MEASURES
Abstract
Objective: to determine the scientific-methodological foundations of anti-corruption policy. Methods: dialectical approach to cognition of social phenomena allows to explore the combination of objective and subjective factors influencing the formation and implementation of anti-corruption policy. The author's model of anti-corruption policy is based on the wide range of logical methods of information processing: modeling, abstraction, analysis, analogy. Scientific hypothesis and formal legal analysis were also used. Results: basing on comparison of the recent theoretical-legal, criminal-legal and criminological research in the field of legal and anti-corruption policy, the scientific-methodological foundations of anti-corruption policy are disclosed. The authors attempt to systematize the scientific interpretation of anti-corruption policy. The concept of legal policy, its forms, tools, subjects and typesare discussed. As a result, it becomes possible to describe the current anti-corruption policy using terminology from the theory of legal policy. This approach can increase the effectiveness of modern anti-corruption policy, as it allows to clearly see the gaps and shortcomings in law-making and law enforcement during the anti-corruption policy implementation. Scientific novelty: the article makes an attempt to describe the current anti-corruption policy with the use of terminology and models developed in the theoretical and legal research for the characterization of legal policy and its particular directions. Practical significance: the main provisions and conclusions of the article can be used in scientific and pedagogical work when considering questions about the nature and trends of the modern anti-corruption policy development. The applied approach allows to bring together criminal law, criminology and theoretical-legal research of anti-corruption policy.
