Redundancy and Defectiveness of Notes to Articles of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation
The legislation on administrative offences is one of the most dynamically developing branches of the Russian legislation. The Code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation is constantly being amended, some of which are aimed at the correct application of its legal norms in practice. One of the means of legislative technique, which should improve the quality of this regulatory legal act, is a legal note. It is a structural element of a legal norms designed for its understanding. The analysis of the articles of the Code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation testifies to existence in them redundancy and defectiveness of legal notes. This article is devoted to their study. The aim of the research consists in revealing redundancy and defectiveness of notes to articles of the Code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation and to propose recommendations for their elimination. This aim is achieved through the implementation of the following tasks: to study specific legal notes, to identify similar notes, to establish legal errors and conflicts in the notes, to develop proposals for their elimination. The methodological basis of the research is logical, systemic, comparative legal, normative and other methods of cognition. The paper provides a conclusion about redundancy and numerous defects of notes in the Code of administrative offences of the Russian Federation. The author has formulated the suggestions about making amendments to the articles of this regulatory legal act in order to increase its quality and efficacy within law-enforcement activities.