REVIEW of the monograph “Corruption: nature, revelation, interaction” /editor-in-chief Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences T. Ya. Khabrieva. Мoscow: “Yurisprudentsiya” Publishers, 2014. 688 p.

Abstract

The review presents the authors’ opinion of the monograph “Corruption: nature, revelation, interaction” / editor-in-chief Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences T. Ya. Khabrieva. Selected chapters and paragraphs are reviewed and analyzed. The authors note both positive and negative sides of the monograph. The concept of corruption as a social phenomenon is discussed, as well as the need to implement international norms in national legislation, the legal framework for combating corruption in Russia, the activities of the various institutions to fight against corruption,combating corruption in state and municipal service, ways of overcoming the corruption potential of legal acts, impact of corruption on business, and methods of combating corruption abroad.The team of authors, including a large number of well-known scientists and politicians (S. B. Ivanov, S. B. Naryshkin, S. V. Stepashin, Yu. A. Tikhomirov, A. V. Fedorov, T. Ya. Khabrieva, etc.) view corruption as a social phenomenon, highlight the issues of international cooperation on corruption issues, give a detailed review of legislation (including international) on combating corruption, and name individual institutions to counteract this dangerous phenomenon. Special chapters are devoted to corruption in the system of state and municipal service, and corruption in the business sector. Detailed attention in a separate chapter is given to the institution of anti-corruption expertise.