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SAMPLE OF ARTICLE EXECUTION

UDC 347.454

 

Tetiana Kolomoets, Doctor of Law, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Zaporizhzhya National University, 74, Soborniy avenue, Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, postal code 69063,  Этот адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-8073

 

“Proportionality test” in the legal regulation of restriction after the termination of public service career: search for an optimal model

 

Abstract. Purpose. The substantiation of the expediency to set restriction after the termination of the public service career, which is based on “the proportionality test”, distinguishing the unified standards for the consolidation of its elements. Research methods. The paper is executed by applying the general research and special methods of scientific cognition. Results. The article analyses the basic doctrinal approaches for the understanding of “proportionality test”, its “narrow” and “broad” versions, justifies its “basic” role for the shaping of a model of legal regulation of the restriction as an instrument for corruption prevention in the legal area. Conclusions. In the context of active use of a unique resource of the restriction after the termination of public service career as an instrument for corruption prevention in the private sector, “the proportionality test” in its broad sense, as the mix of several obligatory complex elements, should be the basis for shaping model of its legal regulation which is perfect in content and effective in use. (Обсяг: 1800 знаків без пробілів).

Key words: private sector corruption, “filter”, expediency, need, balance between public and private interests, legislation, standards, elements.

 

1. Introduction

In the context of searching for effective instruments for corruption prevention in the private sector, the interested community should focus on the unique kind of “anti-corruption” restriction – the restriction after the termination of public service career. 

2. “Proportionality test”: fundamental professional doctrinal approaches to the comprehension

The first is associated exclusively with a balance between (sometimes, it is used the words combinations “fair balance”, “smart balance” (Great encyclopedia, 2017) public and private interests, thus its identification with “commensuration”, “dimensionality”, “proportionality” (Yevtoshuk, 2015).

3. Restrictions for an individual after the termination of public service career as an area of “proportionality test” objectification

Legal and regulatory framework of the relevant kind of “special” restriction is well-established by the international anti-corruption standard. 

4. Conclusions

In the context of active use of a unique resource of the restriction after the termination of public service career as an instrument for corruption prevention in the private sector, “the proportionality test” in its broad sense, as the mix of several obligatory complex elements, should act as the basis for shaping model of its legal regulation which is perfect in content and effective in use.

 

References:

Holovkin, B.M., Obolentsev, V.F., Romanov, M.V. et al. (2019). Zapobihannia koruptsii: pidruchnyk [Corruption prevention: a textbook]. Kharkiv: Pravo (in Ukrainian).

Totskyi, B.A. (2013). Pryntsyp proportsiinosti: istorychnyi aspekt i teoretychni skladovi [Proportionality test: historical aspect and theoretical components], Chasopys Kyivskoho universytetu prava, 2013, no. 3, pp. 70–74 (in Ukrainian).

Villoriia, M., Synnestrom, S., Bertok, Ya. (2010). Etyka derzhavnoi sluzhby: zapobihannia konfliktu interesiv ta vymohy do zakonodavstva [Civil service ethics: prevention of conflict of interests and requirements for the legislation]. Kyiv: Tsentr adaptatsii derzhavnoi sluzhby do standartiv YeS (in Ukrainian).

 

Тетяна Коломоєць, доктор юридичних наук, професор, член-кореспондент Національної академії правових наук України, Заслужений юрист України, декан юридичного факультету, Запорізький національний університет, проспект Соборний, 74, Запоріжжя, Україна, індекс 69063,  Этот адрес электронной почты защищен от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-8073

 

«Тест на пропорційність» у правовому регулюванні обмеження після припинення публічної служби: пошук оптимальної моделі

 

Анотація. Мета. Обґрунтування доцільності формування обмеження після припинення публічної служби, підґрунтям якої є «тест на пропорційність», із виокремленням єдиних стандартів закріплення його елементів. Методи дослідження. Робота виконана на підставі загальнонаукових та спеціальних методів наукового пізнання. Результати. Проаналізовано основні доктринальні підходи щодо розуміння «тесту на пропорційність», його «вузького» та «широкого» варіантів, доведено його «базову» роль для формування моделі правового регулювання відповідного обмеження як інструменту запобігання корупції у правовій сфері. Висновки. В умовах активного використання унікального ресурсу обмеження після припинення публічної служби як інструменту запобігання корупції в приватній сфері підґрунтям для формування досконалою за змістом та ефективної у застосуванні моделі його правового регулювання має слугувати «тест на пропорційність» у його широкому розумінні як поєднання декількох обов’язкових комплексних елементів.
Ключові слова: корупція у приватній сфері, «фільтр», доречність, необхідність, баланс публічних та приватних інтересів, законодавство, стандарти, елементи.

 

The article was submitted 15.07.2021