The analysis of modern views on the legal nature of administrative judicial procedure demonstrated that there is a scientific problem with its identification in the legal system and the system of law in Ukraine, and its solution, when found, should facilitate further comprehension of the substantive characteristics of judicial appeal against actions and omissions of subjects vested with power. The purpose of this article is to establish how administrative judicial procedure, the subject matter of administrative law and administrative process correlate and also to update the understanding of the concept of “administrative process”. To achieve the said purpose, the following has been examined: views of administrative law scholars on the understanding and correlation of the concepts “administrative judicial procedure”, “subject matter of administrative law”, “administrative process”; provisions of the Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure of Ukraine; provisions of other statutory instruments. It is emphasized that the function of a separate administrative court jurisdiction is provided for by the Law of Ukraine “On the Ratification of the Convention on the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950, the First Protocol and Protocols № 2, 4, 7 and 11 to the Convention”, and the process of renewal of Ukrainian administrative law and establishment of its modern paradigm is associated with the introduction of the Administrative Reform Concept in Ukraine into the administrative domain. The author dwells on the contents of scientific support of the reform of administrative law institutions which comprise the following aspects a) to establish the regular patterns of reform; b) to provide a legal justification for political and philosophical opinions; c) to generate legislative and organizational initiatives; d) to make a legal examination of the measures implemented; g) self-reflection and evolution. The article presents arguments to prove that there is good reason for recognizing administrative judicial procedure, firstly, the backbone component of the subject matter of administrative law, and secondly, an integral part of administrative process. As a result, the author arrives at the conclusion that administrative judicial procedure has administrative legal nature and is an integral part of the subject matter of administrative law and administrative process. The author suggests recognizing administrative process as a generalized name for the activities of public administration governed by statutory provisions and aimed at exercising their authorities of power.

List of legal documents

Legislation

1. Kodeks administratyvnoho sudochynstva Ukrainy [The Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure of Ukraine]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 6 lypnia 2005 r. № 2747-IV. Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. 2005. № 35-37. St. 446 (in Ukrainian).

2. Kodeks administratyvnoho sudochynstva Ukrainy [The Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure of Ukraine]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 6 lypnia 2005 r. № 2747-IV (v redaktsii Zakonu Ukrainy [As Amended by the Law of Ukraine] vid 3 zhovtnia 2017 r. № 2147-VIII). URL: http://zakon0.rada.gov.ua/laws/show/2747-15 (accessed: 07.01.2018) (in Ukrainian).

3. Mytnyi kodeks Ukrainy [The Customs Code of Ukraine]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 13 bereznia 2012 r. № 4495-VI. URL: http://zakon5.rada.gov.ua/laws/ show/4495-17 (accessed: 07.01.2018) (in Ukrainian).

4. Pro ratyfikatsiiu Konventsii pro zakhyst prav liudyny i osnovopolozhnykh svobod 1950 roku, Pershoho protokolu ta protokoliv № 2, 4, 7 ta 11 do Konventsii [On the Ratification of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, 1950, the First Protocol and Protocols № 2, 4, 7 and 11 to the Convention]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 17 lypnia 1997 r. № 475/97-VR. Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. 1997. № 40. St. 263 (in Ukrainian).

5. Pro sudoustrii i status suddiv [On the Organization of Courts and the Status of Judges]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 2 chervnia 2016 r. № 1402-VIII. Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. 2016. № 31. St. 545 (in Ukrainian).

6. Pro vnesennia zmin do Hospodarskoho protsesualnoho kodeksu Ukrainy, Tsyvilnoho protsesualnoho kodeksu Ukrainy, Kodeksu administratyvnoho sudochynstva Ukrainy ta inshykh zakonodavchykh aktiv [On Amendments to the Economic Procedure Code of Ukraine, the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, the Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure of Ukraine and other Acts of Legislation]: Zakon Ukrainy [Law of Ukraine] vid 3 zhovtnia 2017 r. № 2147-VIII. Vidomosti Verkhovnoi Rady Ukrainy. 2017. № 48. St. 436 (in Ukrainian).

7. Pro zakhody shchodo vprovadzhennia Kontseptsii administratyvnoi reformy v Ukraini [On the Measures to Implement the Administrative Reform Concept in Ukraine]: Ukaz Prezydenta Ukrainy [Decree of the President of Ukraine] vid 22 lypnia 1998 r. № 810/98. Ofitsiinyi visnyk Ukrainy. 1999. № 21. St. 943 (in Ukrainian).

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