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This article analyses how corruption affects the Rule of Law in Slovenian local self-governments, through qualitative analysis of corruption cases and interviews. The authors have discovered that corruption, its influence on local society is increasing, where everyone (especially mayors) attempts to avoid obligations and find loopholes into the law in order to benefit. There is a common belief that illegal behaviour and negative consequences to the Rule of Law is due to human greed and the role of informal networks. The main consequences are increasing levels of negative economic effects, mistrust in public institutions, inequality and environmental destruction. Adapted from the source document.

A deliberately organised system of legal aid financed by the State was introduced in Poland under the Act of 5.8.2015 and is based on the cooperation between local government units and legal professional self-government, under supervision by the bodies of public government which finance this task. The legislature uses for this purpose the solutions that are already known in administrative law, i.e. contract for the performance of a public task, grant for the performance thereof, an agreement between local government units and bodies of legal professional self-government organizations, agreements with third parties providing a public service.

The article is devoted to topical issues of motivation of local government officials. The study of motivation is carried out in the context of reflecting the processes that have taken in the field as a result of decentralization reform. They are associated with a change in approaches to governance, the shift of the traditional vector of relations with public authorities, awareness of the independent role of local self-government, expanding the range of powers aimed at community development. The study analyzes the main trends and challenges in increasing the motivation of officials, encouraging them to effectively perform their duties. Motivation is seen as the process of involving staff in activities to achieve the goals of the organization (in this case – village, town, city councils, their executive bodies). It determines the intensification of professional activity of officials, stimulates the implementation of tasks. It is noted that modern heads of local governments do not pay due attention to issues of motivation, encouragement of employees, identifying their needs. Practical examples of evaluation by both managers and subordinates of their motivation to work are given. Motivational factors of officials, including material, spiritual, social, industrial and household, etc. are analyzed. The connection of motivation with human needs and actions is investigated. It is emphasized that the needs of higher levels do not motivate the official until the needs of the lower level are at least partially met. The analysis of the Ukrainian legislation and normative-legal acts of local self-government bodies concerning the regulation of the sphere of motivation and incentives of officials is given. The directions and means which can be applied in modern conditions for increase of motivation of local government officials are shown.

The aims of this article are to describe the fundamental connection between State government, counties andmunicipalities and to expose peculiarities of interaction of State government subjects and Local Self-governmentinstitutions. The survey method is grounded on the systemic research and analysis of the Lithuanian legal acts: Lawon the Local Self-government, Law on the Governing of the County and Law on the Regional Development. Themain conclusions of the article are following: a) the objects, functions and responsibility of Regional institutions andCounties are separated by legal acts, but in fact Regional institutions and Counties are indivisible unit; b) in realitymunicipalities become subordinate to the State government and restraint from Self-government institutions appreciableby limited liberty of decision making and finance resources, and intensive state inspection of procedures; c)there is not fully realized principle of decentralization. In the future State government system and Local Self-governmentreforms could take the way of self-governmental regions making and the power, functions and decisionmaking competence of municipalities could be extended.

This paper discusses the structure of local self-government in the Flavian municipium of Andautonia. In the first part, the general concept of municipia is explained. After that, different aspects are discussed, especially the strategic position of Andautonia within the Roman network of roads and river ports, as well as its supposed establishment in the 70's AD, during the reign of Flavian emperors. With respect to the question of granting municipal status under the Flavians, the paper elaborates on various sources which are also applicable to Andautonia. The central part of the paper presents the organization and competences of local self-government bodies. On the basis of analysis of municipal organization, the paper concludes about a double function of local self-government: giving local population a possibility of self-government which ensured peace in the provinces and transpositioning of Roman governmental structure which facilitated Romanization and integration of local community.