Scientific Journal of KubSAU

This article focuses on the economic activities of legal entities as subjects of administrative responsibility. The article considers the peculiarities of this type of liability applicable to legal persons. The purpose of this article is to study the legislative framework of this institution, identifying the distinguishing features of this type of liability. Despite an adequate regulation of the legal status of the entity in various legal acts, there are many debatable issues. This topic is relevant, because now there is freedom of economic activity and the institution of administrative responsibility appeared relatively recently in our legislation. All this creates an increasing number of offenses by organizations whose actions impinge on the public relations protected by the norms of administrative law. The most debatable issue is the mental element of the offence which guilt. We found that identifying guilt of a legal entity with the guilt of individuals does not seem appropriate. Guilt of a legal entity is of the greatest interest. There are several theories concerning this element subjective side. This article describes the main provisions of the theories expressed by many scientists in the field of administrative law. All the above demonstrates the need for studies of this type of legal responsibility and improving of the Institute of administrative law