Combating corruption offenses is one of the priorities of public policy not only in Ukraine but also in many foreign countries. The object of the study is the criminal law measures to combat and resistance corruption in Ukraine and some foreign countries. In carrying out this research, a comparative legal method is widely used. This method allows for a two-level analysis (empirical and theoretical) of legal systems of
Ukraine and some foreign countries in terms of combating corruption by criminal law means. It also allows identify regularities of development of the criminal legislation of several countries and to establish correlation with the international standards of counteraction and prevention of a corruption criminal offense. During the conducted research it is revealed some disadvantages and advantages of Ukrainian legislation in terms of criminal law supply of effective means of preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine, it is found that modern criminal law of Ukraine meets international standards of anti-corruption
policy generally, but there are some disadvantages in terms of unambiguous understanding of the elements of compositions of criminal corruption offenses, definition of terminological features, lack of a single conceptual approach within the legislative regulations at the level of criminal law and legislation.
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