The article provides generalized characteristics of law enforcement as a specific kind of authoritative activity of competent bodies. The author presents some peculiarities of formation and content description of the given notion in papers of Russian researches of different historical periods. The article points out that currently the term «enforcement» is quite frequently used in various combinations in the Russian legislature. Using the most frequent doctrinal statements the author provides a definition of law enforcement. The article offers a classification of law enforcement. The author singles out mechanical and creative law enforcement taking into account the degree of complicity of the analyzed case and the range of opportunities of a law enforcer. Depending on the functions of implementation law enforcement can be regulative and protective. Considering specifics of the mechanism of implementation of the rights of a person it’s possible to single out optional and mandatory law enforcement. The author comes to the conclusion that in the human rights protection system of a modern state law enforcement activity is one of the most important and necessary means of transmitting mandatory rules of conduct into practice.
law enforcement, human rights protection system, human rights, legal system, law enforcement, functions of law enforcement
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