Several issues on terminology usage in the Ukrainian legislation сoncerning characteristics of the official authority

Abstract

One of the subjects of administrative law is the research of the essential features of the public authorities status. This results in a systematical consequence which can be described and determined as concept which is widely used and spread when we talk about governmental and municipal bodies. We mean “public administration” idea. And while being well known and used among scientists and practitioners in the sphere of institutional development of Ukraine according to the European countries’ practice, our Parliament uses other way in regulation of some issues concerning liability for corruption activity and other types of so-called white-collar crimes in the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This leads to different ways of understanding the same matters from just other point of view. And that is not the main problem. The immense risk is that different use of such terminology may cause unequal enforcement that could lead to further legal regulations manipulation and distortion purpose of law in society. So, aiming to prevent such effects, we need to outline the most clear and flagrant manifestations of duplication and conflicts that could be found while studying the content of relevant terms and to suggest some possible ways to stop such erroneous practice.