FEATURES OF REALIZATION OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS (ON THE EXAMPLE OF MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES IN THE SVERDLOVSK REGION)

Abstract

Purpose: The study aims to analyze the legal nature of administrative coercion exercised by local authorities in the Russian Federation, to determine its place in the jurisdiction of the municipal authorities and to determine the characteristics of its implementation by local authorities of municipalities in the Sverdlovsk region. Methodology: The study is based on comparative legal and formal-logical method of studying the analyzed object, allowing to determine the features of the regulatory procedure for implementing consolidation of administrative coercion municipal authorities, revealed some conflicts and legal spaces for interaction between the state authorities of the Russian Federation and local self-government within the framework of public law enforcement of this type. Results: The authors have identified mechanisms for the transfer of state powers in bringing to administrative responsibility of local authorities, identified the types of municipalities that may be endowed with state powers that mentioned above and the peculiarities of their implementation. Scientific novelty: the author formulated the classification of terms of local governments’ reference in Russia and classification of local issues, substantiated the thesis on identification of local governments as agents of administrative coercion.