abuse of power

Corruption, as one of the most persistent social pathologies, has accompanied humanity since the emergence of the first civilizations. It arose alongside the development of social hierarchies, administrative governance, and resource distribution, becoming an integral part of the relationship between authority and society. In ancient states, corrupt practices were so prevalent that many scholars consider them a systemic factor influencing the evolution of political and legal institutions.

The article deals with the abuse of power and of authority in public service, serving politico-legal form of power that does not meet the functional nature of the institutions of power and produces destructive and harmful impact on the national state as a system of
interconnected and interrelated political, legal , socio-economic, spiritual, moral, ethnic, cultural and other components and relationships.