Public Interest in Budget Legal Relations – Ukrainian European Aspect

Abstract

The research is devoted to the problems of public interest in budget legal relations. Proved that the public interest is a thing that unites all members in civil society between themselves, state and public power authorities, between Ukraine and EU. The problems of delimitation of the terms “interest”, “legitimate interest”, “interest protected by the law”, “private interests” and “public interests” are analyzed. It is argued that the prevalence of imperative methods of legal infl uence in the budget law of Ukraine and EU does not assume any possibility for a party under control to impact on taking decisions by the managerial party. Stages in the development of public interest in budget legal relations are investigated. The Author’s definition of the concept of public interest in the budget law (legal relations) is offered. It is proved that in the budget legal relations the people who are the source of power do not realize public interest. It is concluded that the public interest of public power authorities in budget legal relations is the main reason if not all but most legally significant actions in the sphere of the budget at national and local levels.