Social role and content of administrative responsibility

Introduction: the article, based on the analysis of current legislation and scientific literature, examines certain problems associated with understanding the essence and social role of administrative responsibility as a legal institution. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the research is the current normative legal acts; the methodological basis is deduction, induction, the general dialectical method of scientific knowledge, systemic, logical, formal legal research methods, analysis, synthesis and generalization. The results of the study: the main ideas for solving some doctrinal and practical problems in the opinion of the authors are presented in the form of an analysis of the opinions of legal scholars and current legislation, as well as proposals of a legal (regulatory) and organizational nature. Findings and Conclusions: a well-grounded conclusion is made about the weakening of the social role of administrative responsibility in view of changes in the external and internal determinants of the existence of society, the discrepancy between the legislative and scientific understanding of the meaning and role of the legal institution under study.