The idea of the rule of law is the cornerstone of modern national legal doctrine. The scientists – representatives of the theory of the state and law, constitutional, administrative, international and other branches of law — made a huge contribution to the development of scientific ideas about the concept and content of the rule of law, the understanding of the rule of law as the fundamental principle of the new system of Ukrainian law and issues of implementing the rule of law. At the same time representatives of environmental, land  and agricultural law remained outside the list of researchers involved in this problem. But the principle of the rule of law in the system of regulation of environmental public relations finds its embodiment in the institutions of ownership of natural resources, environmental management rights, legal support for environmental safety, legal framework for preventing climate change, etc.