The linguistic aspect of anti-corruption expertise in the context of protecting constitutional right of citizens

Purpose: The searching of methods to improve the protection of citizens’ rights by introducing linguistic analysis tools into the concept of anti-corruption expertise. Methodology: Formal-legal, comparative-legal, and systemic legal methods were used in the study. Results: The concepts of clarity and ambiguity in the law have been investigated, an analysis of scientific theories has been carried out, ways to improve the protection of constitutional rights of citizens by introducing linguistic tools into the anti-corruption analysis have been proposed. Novelty/originality/value: Proposals have been formulated to introduce the concept of clarity and ambiguity in the law into the system of legislation to protect the interests of citizens. The article makes proposals to consolidate the mandatory linguistic examination at the level of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, including it into the «Typical Regulation on the Commission for Coordination of Work on combating corruption in the constituent entity of the Russian Federation». It is recommended to adopt the corresponding amendments to the provisions on the commission in the constituent entities, having assigned the duty to the commissions in the subjects to conduct a linguistic examination in the process of conducting an anti-corruption examination, as the part of the latter.