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Cherdakov O. I. Public Law Enforcement Agencies in Law Enforcement System of USSR in 2nd Half of XX Century. Journal Izvestiya of Saratov University. Economics. Management. Law, 2015, vol. 15, iss. 2, pp. 207-211. DOI: 10.18500/1994-2540-2015-15-2-207-211
Public Law Enforcement Agencies in Law Enforcement System of USSR in 2nd Half of XX Century
Introduction. Public organizations are an essential part of today’s society. They serve as a link between the state and civil society. Consolidating principle for the operation of the above-mentioned organizations is a free form of realizing human rights and freedoms of a person and a citizen. This form reveals the state’s democratic principles. Law enforcement activities are not limited by state law enforcement agencies only. There were many non-government institutions in the Russian history. They served law enforcement functions in different spheres of the society’s life beginning from law enforcement and ending in property protection and citizens’ information security ensurance. They all were included into the state law enforcement system that was structured in a special way in the USSR. Methods. To achieve efficient results devices based on the combination of various methods accepted in the Russian jurisprudence were used in the research. The main stress was laid upon general, general scientific, inter subject and special methods. Results. By stating the significance of public law enforcement institutions in the law enforcement system of the USSR in the second of the XX century the author concludes that the above-mentioned institutions rather successfully up to the collapse of the USSR. The indicators of their activities proved this fact. During this period the Soviet legal framework that regulates the activities of all the above-mentioned institutions was formed.
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