Constitutional Rationale of International Standards in Local Self-Government as Means of Developing Current Public and Municipal Administration System

The article deals with the issues concerning constitutional rationale of international standards in local self-government in legal systems of different states. The authors suggest that the issues concerning modernization of public and municipal administration bodies should be considered on international experience base. The research shows that a considerable part of constitutions’ provisions of different states regulating municipal bodies’ activities have similar components. This can be explained by the fact that legal systems of the states are guided by international standards enshrined in international treaties. The authors define six standard elements of constitutions’ provisions about local self-government. recognition of local self-government by the state; administrative and territorial structure of the state; the main powers and functions of municipal government; forms of self-government in communities, administrative control of municipalities and guarantees of local government. The authors offer their classification of constitutions based on their unification extent. The conclusion gives the idea of how local self-government in different countries is secured by their constitutions and laws.