TO THE PROBLEM OF DEFINING THE CONCEPT AND DISCLOSING THE MEANING OF “JUSTICE” AS AN OBJECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE-LEGAL RESEARCH

Abstract

The article reveals the scientific views of scientists regarding the definition
of the concept of “justice”. Attention is focused on the fact that at the legislative
level the specified term does not find its substantive disclosure. The author’s
definition of the concept of “justice” is proposed. The category of “justice” as an
object of administrative-legal research is characterized.
It is argued that justice is actually a kind of “meaning” of the existence of the
judiciary. The latter represents the activities of the courts, which are aimed at
considering and resolving legal disputes, protecting the rights, freedoms and
legitimate interests of citizens, as well as the state and society as a whole, and
bringing to justice persons who have violated the law. The principles of the rule of
law, legality, fairness, equality before the law and the court, adversarial nature of
the parties and observance of procedural guarantees are at the heart of justice.
It has been stated that as an object of administrative law research, justice is
most expedient to be considered through the prism of state administration and
control, the organization of the judiciary, ensuring access to justice, as well as
administrative procedures accompanying the judicial process. Administrative law
regulates issues of judicial jurisdiction, the interaction of the judiciary with other
branches of government, the activities of law enforcement agencies in ensuring
the execution of court decisions, etc.