Insignificance of an administrative offense: legal nature and application criteria

Chernova Olga Anatolyevna, Tatalina Anna Vitalievna

In this article, a study was made of the institution of insignificance of an administrative offense, its content, legal essence and features of law enforcement. In this work, the formal-legal method and the method of judicial statistics were used. The issue of the possibility of recognizing an administrative offense as insignificant is analyzed, the criteria are considered that allow the release of a person who has committed an administrative offense from administrative punishment. The problem of assessing the degree of threat to public legal relations, which is infringed by an administrative offense, is outlined for its significance.

Keywords:insignificance, administrative offense, subject of administrative jurisdiction, court, legal consequences, verbal remark, threat to protected relations, harm.