Systemic Unity of State Control (Supervision) and Public Control as a Сonstitutional Law Principle

The paper examines the principle of systemic unity of state control (supervision) and public control in the context of constitutional law science that, according to the author, is conditioned by the logic of the development of Russian legislation concerning control and supervisory activities and provides the necessary constitutional and theoretical support point for further increasing of cohesion between the state and civil society. Based on a systematic analysis of the basic provisions of legislative acts concerning types of control, the paper shows that this constitutional law principle manifests itself in the following aspects: as a uniform conceptual approach of the law-maker to aim all types of control to achieve constitutionally significant goals and protect constitutionally significant values; orientation of all types of control to comprehensively ensure the rule of law in the areas of controlled public relations; the correlation of the content of the types of control in terms of a combination of both verification measures (or supervision) and analytical and prognostic components aimed at countering the formation of conditions conducive to violations; the correlation of the expected results of control activities within all types of control, namely, the elimination of violations and restoration of the state of protection of the rights and freedoms of individuals and legal entities and public interests; unity of the constructive nature of control activities. The practical introduction into the doctrine and law-making of the proposed constitutional law principle of the systemic unity of state control (supervision) and public control will make it possible to ensure to a greater extent that all control and supervisory activities are aimed at achieving a state of protection of constitutionally significant values, including full compliance with safeguards of human and civil rights and freedoms, strengthening the rule of law, and improving the efficiency of the state and municipal administration.

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