state control

The paper considers administrative and legal problems of inspection of the quality and safety of consumer goods and services in the conditions of the modern government reform. Principal inspection rights of government and local bodies in the sphere of consumer right protection are discussed. Some measures are suggested for better cooperation between the departments of the Federal Consumer Protection Agency and local bodies.

Introduction. The article of E.V. Berdnikova is devoted to the historical analysis of features of a constitutional and legal regulation of public control in the Soviet system of public administration. Object. The main object of the work is to study the specificity of social control as the constitutional and legal institute of the Soviet legal system. Results. The author analyzes the regulatory framework, which laid the basis for the organization of the system of public control over the activities of public authorities in Soviet Russia.