Functions of the court when considering cases of administrative offences
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/app2025.01.202Keywords:
functions of the court, administrative offenses, National Police, justice, administrative penaltiesAbstract
The article analyzes modern scientific views on the functions of the court. The author distinguishes two main views, which are the division into justice and others, as well as justice and its components. The author reveals the concept of justice as an independent branch of state activity and characterizes the content of procedural activity.
The relevance of the topic lies in the need to reform the legislation on administrative offenses which was created in the Soviet Union, and in the delimitation of the competence of courts and public administration bodies. In particular, in the course of reforming, it is necessary to determine whether it is expedient for courts to consider administrative offenses with a criminal nature.
The purpose of the article is to distinguish a special function of the court - justice - which is different from the functions of other branches of power, and to determine whether this function is inherent in the court's consideration of cases on administrative offenses.
Based on the results of the study, the author identifies the following main functions of courts in case consideration: justice, human rights protection, control, punitive and law enforcement. It is proved that when considering cases of administrative offenses, courts perform identical functions with the National Police. It is emphasized that under certain circumstances, courts and the National Police consider the same offenses which differ only in terms of repetition or a minor subject. The author compares the variability of court decisions and decisions of the National Police when choosing the type of penalty. Given these statements, the author concludes that the court does not perform the function of justice in such cases, since there is no procedural form for consideration of this category of cases. The study of the issue of separating the functions of the court from the functions inherent in other branches of government will allow further determining the categories of cases which may be transferred to the competence of other branches of government, and thereby relieve the judicial system.
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