PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: IMPORTANCE OF GENERAL LEGAL PRINCIPLES

Anatoly Krivinsh, Andrejs Vilks

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Abstract

The article "Prevention of corruption in public procurement: importance of general legal principles" examines the importance of general legal principles in the sphere of public purchases. The purpose of the work is to analyse the information on possible methods of prevention of and fight against corruption. The main result of the work is the conclusion that strict adherence to the general legal principles is one of the corruption-reducing factors. While combating corruption in the field of public procurement, general legal principles should not be divided into primary and secondary principles, because they are all equally important and complement each other. Audit of the normative acts regulating public procurement shall be performed in the Member States of the European Union; positivisation of the following principles will effectively prevent manifestations of corruption in the area of public procurement: the principle of responsibility; principle of permanent composition of the procurement commission; the principle of in dubio pro reo; the principle of compensation; the principle of control; the principle of objectivity; the principle of completing the procurement procedure within a reasonable time period. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)235-247
Number of pages13
JournalKORUPCIJOS PREVENCIJA VIEŠŲJŲ PIRKIMŲ SRITYJE.
Volume20
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2013

Keywords*

  • EUROPEAN Union
  • EUROPEAN Union countries
  • GOVERNMENT purchasing
  • POLITICAL corruption
  • PREVENTION
  • PUBLIC spending
  • bendrieji teisės principai
  • corruption
  • general legal principles
  • korupcija
  • public procurement
  • viešieji pirkimai

Field of Science*

  • 5.5 Law

Publication Type*

  • 1.4. Reviewed scientific article published in Latvia or abroad in a scientific journal with an editorial board (including university editions)

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