The right to defense in proceedings on cases of administrative offenses

The authors reflect on the further prospects for their development based on the results of the analysis of the current Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the draft Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses and the Procedural Code of the Russian Federation on Administrative Offenses. They also include foreign legislation, modern points of view on the development of administrative tort legislation. The attention is focused on the conceptual issues of the right of citizens to defense in proceedings on cases of administrative offenses