Annotation

The article examines the administrative liability of minors as an element of their special administrative-legal status. The purpose of the study is to clarify the content of this concept, distinguish between the substantive and procedural aspects of bringing minors to administrative responsibility, and identify ways to improve the current regulation. The study is based on formal-legal, systemic, and comparative-legal methods. Based on the provisions of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the explanations of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, and modern scientific publications, it is concluded that the key problem is not so much the age limit itself, but rather the lack of consistency between material and procedural guarantees, as well as the limited use of special educational and preventive mechanisms. The scientific novelty of this work lies in the justification of the conclusion that the development of administrative proceedings should be prioritized.