Combating corruption: comparative legal analysis of foreign legislation and legal practice

The public relations governing the scope of international law are the object of the research. As the subject the author chose the study of corruption from the point of view of counteracting this terrible phenomenon in the international legal format and on the basis of international law enforcement practice. The purpose of the study is the conduction of a comparative legal analysis of foreign experience and law enforcement practice in the field of combating corruption; characteristics of national anti-corruption systems of states, the choice of which for conducting research within the framework of the article is not accidental, since its expediency is determined by the author on the basis of statistical data on the situation with corruption in these states. A comparative analysis conducted by the author allows us to formulate conclusions: on the multidimensionality and inconsistency of this concept; on the one-sided interpretation of this concept, mainly in the criminal law plane; on the cumbersomeness of international legislation created by frequent duplication of the regulatory framework governing the field of activity investigated in the article; on rather weak mechanisms for adapting national legislation in the field of combating corruption to international legal norms; on the insufficient use of the civil society potential by states fighting corruption; on the absence of a specific (separate) body carrying out the fight against corruption in the format of international crime; on the need to develop a single trend (methodology) for the international community legal development in the designated area of research; on the fact that the effectiveness of the fight against corruption in the Russian state lies in the meaningful improvement of anti-corruption legislation with an emphasis mainly on domestic methods of legal regulation. The author proposes an interpretation of the concept of “corruption” the main components of which could make up the basis of this concept in the international legal interpretation.

counteraction, corruption, foreign law, law enforcement practice, comparative analysis, anti-corruption legislation, criminal liability, international standards, anti-corruption policy