Administrative responsibility is the punishment for an offense that has a lower degree of danger compared to a crime. In this case, legal sanctions are carried out by officials or authorized bodies. There are various types of administrative responsibility that pursue distinct goals.
Consider them all:
- Penalty or repressive punitive system. Assumes punishment of the person who committed the offense. Prevents new acts against the law.
- Preventive or educational system. Responsible for the formation of respect for laws and motives for their observance.
- Compensatory or law enforcement system. He is responsible for restoring the violated order and eliminating the harm received by the person against whom the offense was committed.
All types of administrative responsibility are characterized by the following features:
- Legal sanctions and punitive measures are carried out through the relevant authorities, that is, administrative responsibility is state coercion.
- Legal sanctions are subject to the principles of legality and justice. They are applied on the basis of established legal norms.
- Liability of a negative nature is assumed, that is, the offender falls into adverse conditions. Positive obligations mean, for example, the responsibility of the chief accountant regarding the performance of significant work.
- Administrative liability entails unfavorable conditions and deprivation for the offender. It is supposed not only punishment, but state censure.
- The final assessment of the lawbreaker is implied.
All types of administrative responsibility are also characterized by the fact that they have certain grounds. In particular, these are:
- Regulatory framework. It implies the existence of prohibitions established by law.
- The actual basis. Implies a violation of the law. At the same time, the case must contain the composition of the administrative unlawful act. It is also believed that the violation of the law is supported by evidence.
- Procedural basis. It assumes the publication by the relevant body of the enforcement act.
All types of administrative responsibility meet the following principles:
- Legality. It implies that the person who committed the offense is punished in accordance with established legal standards.
- Expediency. It assumes compliance of the goals of administrative responsibility with the measures of influence chosen in relation to the violator.
- Inevitability. It implies that every offender must be punished.
- Timeliness. Expected prompt response to the offense.
- Justice. Assumes compliance with the punishment and the gravity of the violation of the law.
- Addition of penalties. If a person has committed several administrative violations, the punishment follows only the most difficult of them if the case is considered by the same body. In other cases, punitive measures for the crime of law are assigned separately.
- Humanism. Taking into account the personality characteristics of both the victim and the offender.
- Publicity. All measures of administrative responsibility suggest that the consideration of the case and the issuance of the final verdict will occur with the participation of the public. A similar principle implies certain educational methods of influencing the offender.