On determination of the deadlines with regards to restrictions arising after the dismissal of civil servants for loss of credibility

The subject of this research is the legal norms that regulate the consequences of bringing civil servants to responsibility in the form of dismissal due to loss of credibility. It is noted that the current norms of civil service legislation do not contain specific deadlines for restrictions upon the admission to civil service after dismissal for loss of credibility. It is also indicated that the exclusion of a citizen from the register of persons dismissed for loss of credibility does not prevent negative consequences such as failure to enter into civil service is indefinite per se. The author compares the sanctions that restrict the admission of individuals to civil service within the framework of disciplinary, administrative, and criminal responsibility. The main result lies in formulation of practical recommendations for the improvement of civil service legislation, namely clarification of the paragraph 10, of the Part 1 of the Article 16 of the Federal Law No. 79-FZ for determination of the term in which the restriction caused by dismissal for loss of credibility is imposed on the entry into civil service. The article also suggests the mechanism for admission to civil service of persons who have been dismissed for loss of credibility, with participation of the Commission for combatting corruption-related offences.

Improvement of legislation on administrative offenses for breach of legislation of the Russian Federation on tourism activity

The object of this research is the content of the Article 14.51 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences, which establishes administrative responsibility for breach of legislation of the Russian Federation on tourism activity. The subject of this research is the case law on administrative offenses set by the Article 14.51, normative legal acts, as well as scientific articles in periodicals. The activity of the Federal Agency for Tourism on identification of administrative offenses set by the Article 14.51 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences is exposed to critical assessment. The author indicates the declarative nature of the legal norms that stipulate the responsibility of tour operators and travel agents, as the terms of sale contracts for tourism product, to provide the tourist and (or) other customer with accurate information on the risks that the tourist may face during their trip, since there is currently no administrative responsibility for failure to provide such information. Based on the acquired results, the recommendations are formulated for the improvement of legislation on administrative offenses for breach of legislation on tourism activity: delegation of authority to initiate cases of administrative offenses set by the Article 14.51 (Paragraphs 1, 3, and 4) of the Code on Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation to the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare; establish the composition of administrative offenses in the Article 14.51 of the Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offences related to improper fulfillment of responsibilities by tour operators and travel agents on providing tourists with the information about risks they may face during their trip.

Personal data security in PRC: vectors of improving legal regulation in the financial and banking sector

The object of this research is the legal relations in the sphere of regulation of personal data security in the financial and banking sector of the People's Republic of China. The characteristics is given to the current legislation of China (Civil Code, Personal Information Protection Law, and Cybersecurity Law), existing or draft bylaws in the field of personal data security. Attention is given the second revision of the draft law on personal information protection, as well as determination of the institutional mechanism for ensuring personal data security. The article examines the peculiarities of regulation of relations in the sphere of ensuring personal data security in the financial and banking sector, as well as characterizes  the role of the financial regulator in this mechanism. The development of the mechanism for personal data protection is at completion stage; besides the adoption of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, which establishes the framework for regulation, two of the three special laws – Personal Information Protection Law and Cybersecurity Law – have already been adopted. The flagship law on Personal Information Protections is expected to be adopted by 2021. The aforementioned laws encompass all spheres of information security and ensure strong data protection regime: outline the scope of regulation, objects and subject composition, responsibility, and institutional control mechanism. The legal regime covers such aspects of relations as personal data of deceased persons, persons with reduced capabilities (due to age and health), as well as transnational data transfer. At this point, the financial and banking sector features a number of bylaws that set strict standards for ensuring personal information protection. The leading role in this mechanism is played by the financial regulator – the People's Bank of China. The standards adopted by the People’s Bank of China require further examination, which would allow formulating recommendations for the improvement of the Russian legal system.

Assisted reproductive technologies: correlation between public law and private law principles

The object of this research is the correlation between public law and private law principles in the context regulation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan. The subject of this research is the norms of the Russian and Tajik legislation that regulates the procedure of using assisted reproduction technologies, as well as public law and private law principles of their regulation. The scientific novelty of this work lies in carrying out a comprehensive analysis of the relevant problematic on correlation between public law and private law principles in the context of regulation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan (taking into account the contradiction and conflicts of law of these legal relations). The author’s special contribution lies formulation of the original proposals for the progressive solution to the problem of correlation between public law and private law principles in regulation of the use of assisted reproductive technologies in the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan.

The balance between centralization and decentralization of anti-corruption legal regulation with regards to public officials

The subject of this research is the anti-corruption legal regulation with regards to public officials from the perspective of balance between centralization and decentralization of such regulation. The goal lies in critical analysis of the established normative framework in the area of prevention of corruption for assessing the effectiveness of the applied mechanism of legal regulation. Anti-corruption legal regulation is characterized with multiplicity of normative acts, distribution or duplication of the normative legal content of acts of superior legal force in the acts of inferior legal force. Special attention is given to the examples of decentralization of anti-corruption regulation and methods of ensuring its coherence. The author provides the examples of centralization of anti-corruption regulation, which stemmed from the development of anti-corruption instruments. The conducted research allowed making recommendations on systematization of anti-corruption legislation with centralization and comprehensive anti-corruption regulation with regards to public officials. The key decrees of the President of the Russian Federation in the sphere of anti-corruption regulation with regards to public officials have been adopted over the period from 2009 to 201, and require refinement, taking into consideration the accumulated experience of their legal enforcement. The author also suggest legislating the content of the principle of uniform state policy in the sphere of prevention of corruption.

Denationalization of enforcement proceedings: foreign experience and prospects for Implementation in the Russian Federation

Current state of the world economy and the development of private law institutions implies limited interference of the government in the activity of the actors of social relations based on their equality, autonomy of will, and property autonomy. Foreign experience demonstrates that the transfer of certain public functions from the government to nongovernmental or private entities yields positive results. One of such spheres of activity is the enforcement of court decisions and acts of other branches, which in a number of countries is carried out by private executors. At the same time, the effectiveness of the nongovernmental model of enforcement proceedings first and foremost depends on the quality of legal regulation. This article is dedicated to the analysis of Russian and foreign models of enforcement proceedings. The authors explore the mechanisms of denationalization of the state system of enforcement of executive documents and the prospects for its implementation in the Russian Federation. The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of the key vectors of reforming the system of enforcement proceedings in the Russian Federation associated with partial transfer of the authority on enforcement of executive documents from bailiffs to private enforcement agents. It is noted that recently the rate of enforcement of executive documents has not been sufficient to indicate the effectiveness of enforcement proceedings, which is primarily substantiated by the increased workload of bailiffs. The conclusion is made on the need to reform the mixed model of enforcement proceedings in the Russian Federation, which includes two links: governmental and nongovernmental. The basic characteristics of such a model are formulated.

Comparative analysis of administrative and legal regulation of the activity of Voluntary People's Detachment in the Russian Federation and France

Unlike commercial and government structures, volunteer organizations are not widely covered in the scientific literature. Volunteerism is examined from the perspective of the motivation of the participants, their value orientation, and the level of engagement in the voluntary activity. It is no coincidence that France was selected for this comparative research, as its similarities and differences are of particular importance for the results of the study. Legal regulation of the activity of Voluntary People's Detachment (Druzhina) in Russia has its own peculiarities, as well as borrowings from the foreign experience. The author compares the Russian and French legislation, taking into account that in the Russian language the words “volunteer” and “voluntary servant” are synonymous, but not identical, while the French language uses only the neutral word “volunteer”. France has no equivalent of the Voluntary People's Druzhina; however, it has the volunteer fire squads. Therefore, comparison is conducted by the legal status of domestic and foreign volunteers. It reveals in which country the legislator is more effective in encouraging the population to participate in volunteer activity, and namely maintenance of order.

Anti-corruption denunciation: methodological problems, foreign experience, and Russian prospects

This article is dedicated to the institution of denunciation as a specific form of disclosure of illegal and unfair practices. For determination of the conceptual legal meaning of denunciation and its prospects for modern Russia as anti-corruption legal institution, this article coordinates the interdisciplinary scientific results of research on denunciation, analyzes and summarizes the international (UN, EU) and national (United States, Great Britain, South Korea, Brazil, China, Albania, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine) regulatory approaches towards denunciation, and similar forms of disclosure of offenses. The article reveals the current state of the Russian legislation in this sphere. The research employs the methods of dogmatic analysis, comparative-legal and systemic-analytical toolset. The author correlates denunciation and denunciator with such concepts as “denouncement”, “actio popularis”, “reporting party”, “informant” and “whistleblower”; determines the twelve characteristics of denunciation, which collectively define it as a special form of information disclosure. The conclusion is made that the variants of legal regulation of denunciation are built around or within such issues as the protection of denunciator, his interaction with the authorized entities and remuneration, as well as the conclusion on the absence of specific legal means in the current Russian legislation that ensure denunciation as the social institution. The author formulates recommendations on amending the labor, administrative, criminal and procedural legislation aimed at implementation of measures for protecting the denunciators.

On the legal problems of operation of highly automated vehicles in road traffic

The subject of this research is the system of legal relations in area of ensuring road safety in terms of operation of highly automated vehicles on public roads. The object of this research is social relations arising in the context of operation of highly automated vehicles traffic on public roads. The goal of this article consists in examination of the normative legal framework that regulates the peculiarities of operation of highly automated vehicles, as well as in development of recommendations for improving the normative legal framework. The author explores the issues of normative legal regulation of operation of highly automated vehicles on public roads. Special attention is given to the current issues of legal nature. The novelty is defined by the need to improve legal mechanism for the operation of highly automated vehicles on public roads. The author identifies the problems and offers solution on enhancing road safety in terms of operation of highly automated vehicles on public roads for protecting the road users. The conclusion is made on the need to revise the normative legal acts in the area of ensuring road safety for the purpose of achieving a positive result from implementation of highly automated vehicles into road traffic. The acquired results can be used in the legislative activity of government authorities, law enforcement practice, educational process of the educational institutions, scientific research of the experts on ensuring road safety, improvement of the branches of the Russian legal system.

Approach towards classification of the types of legal responsibility

The subject of this research is the social relations in the context of bringing to legal responsibility, as well as normative legal acts and scientific literature that reflect such relations. The problem of classification of the types of legal responsibility is relevant in the context of substantiation of the autonomy of its individual types. The attempts to substantiate the autonomy of one or another type of legal responsibility entail the revision of the grounds for classification. The goal of this article consists in revealing the natural grounds for definition of the concept of “legal responsibility” to build consistent and exhaustive classification. The main conclusion lies in determination of the criterion for classification of the types of legal responsibility. Emphasis is placed on the social relations underlying the legal relations, namely legal relations in the area of bringing to legal responsibility. On the example of responsibility for committing tax fraud, the article demonstrates the failure of attempts to find qualification criteria on the basis of the normative legal acts outside the entirety of social relations. The article determines the close link between social relations in the economic sphere, as well as their impact upon legal relations emerging in the context of bringing to legal responsibility as a whole and administrative responsibility in particular.