Kostennikov, M.V. Principle of lawfulness and its implementation in the activities of the staff of the internal affairs bodies.

Abstract: The problems of guaranteeing lawfulness in the activities of internal affairs bodies have always been the center of attention of the general public, government and administration bodies. That is why almost any situation involving the MIA staff has certain public resonance and attracts attention of the people, civil society institutions, government and administrative offi cials. The leaders of the MIA of Russia have always paid special attention to the issues of strengthening the rule of law and discipline among the staff and institutions of the MIA of Russia. In various historical periods special structures were formed within the MIA in order to deal with the issues of strengthening lawfulness and discipline, implementing cadres policy and educational work. The methodological basis for the scientifi c article was formed by the current achievements of the theory of cognition. In the process of studies the author used general philosophical, theoretical and empiric methods (dialectics, systemic method, analysis, synthesis, analogy, deduction, observation, modeling), traditional legal methods (formal logic method), and methods typical for specifi c sociological studies (statistical, expert evaluation, etc.). Division within the system of MIA of Russia had dealt with these issues at an acceptable level, thus, guaranteeing the necessary level of lawfulness and discipline among the staff. However, social, economic and political changes, which took place in Russia in the last 20 years and the development of the information and communications systems set the new goals for the MIA of Russia, and it was not suffi ciently prepared for them.

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