Administrative Regulations: Concept, Features, Problems of a Legal Regulation

The article analyzes a variety of normative legal acts, which is relatively new for the Russian legal
system — administrative regulations. Signs that distinguish administrative regulations from other
departmental regulatory legal acts are identified. The main stages of the inclusion of administrative
regulations in the Russian legal reality in the course of the ongoing administrative reform are analyzed
and considered. The author’s definition of administrative regulations is given, revealing their most
essential characteristics. The types of administrative regulations are considered, their general and
special features are revealed. The study made it possible to identify, formulate and characterize the
main problems associated with the application of administrative regulations and suggest possible ways
to solve them.