Economic basis of local self-government: legal analysis
https://doi.org/10.24147/2542-1514.2018.2(3).89-109
Abstract
The subject. The concept and elements of the economic basis of local self-government are discussed in the paper in the context of different laws on local self-government.
The purpose of the paper is to identify the main ways of increasing the economic basis of municipalities.
The methodology of paper includes the formal logical interpretation of Russian legislation and systematization of the court practice that concerns economical issues of local self-government as well as analysis and synthesis of statistics data of the Ministry of Justice of Rus-sia and the Ministry of Finance of Russia.
The main results and scope of their application. The features of municipal property and local budgets are consistently considered. The property base of the municipality should be analyzed through the scope of it’s adequacy for the implementation of the relevant functions, including for the performance of public obligations. The profile of municipal assets and their purpose should play the minor role. The instruments of property management used by local governments (like attracting private investment) are also important. The sources of revenues and expenditures of the local budget are important not as themselves in absolute terms, but in the context of the ratio with the volume of competency that is assigned to local governments. The improvement of control and supervisory activities is a resource for improving the economic basis of local self-government. The proposed qualitative analysis the economic basis of local self-government may inspire new researches in the field of municipal law.
Conclusions. The formation of the economic basis of local self-government is a complex complex process, closely related to the legal, territorial, organizational and competence bases of local self-government and it is determined by legislation and law enforcement practice.
About the Author
E. Shugrina
Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL);
Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA)
Russian Federation
Doctor of Law, Professor, member of the Presidential Council for the development of local self-government. SPIN-code: 4120-8693; AuthorID: 484215.
Russian Federation
Doctor of Law, Professor, member of the Presidential Council for the development of local self-government. SPIN-code: 4120-8693; AuthorID: 484215.
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