Constitutional Rationale of International Standards in Local Self-Government as Means of Developing Current Public and Municipal Administration System

Abstract

The article deals with the issues concerning constitutional rationale of international standards in local selfgovernment in legal systems of different states. The authors suggest that the issues concerning modernization of public and municipal administration bodies should be considered on international experience base. The research shows that a considerable part of constitutions' provisions of different states regulating municipal bodies' activities have similar components. This can be explained by the fact that legal systems of the states are guided by international standards enshrined in international treaties. The authors define six standard elements of constitutions' provisions about local self-government. recognition of local self-government by the state; administrative and territorial structure of the state; the main powers and functions of municipal government; forms of self-government in communities, administrative control of municipalities and guarantees of local government. The authors offer their classification of constitutions based on their unification extent. The conclusion gives the idea of how local self-government in different countries is secured by their constitutions and laws.

Prospects Of The Volga Regional Development In Globalized Economy

“…Particular attention was paid to the challenge of developing various kinds of local economic indicators. In the body of scientific information, regional enterprise development at various levels of globalization was studied by a number of authors: Korshunova, Kuzmina, Litovchenko, and Babayeva (2017), Kvach, Frolova, and Vasilkova (2017), Veretennikova, Petinenko, Redchikova, and Levin (2017). Globalization in different categories of households was analyzed in the works of the following authors: Trifonov, Ivanova, Daneykin, Kozirev, and Nesteruk (2019).…”