RULE OF LAW PRINCIPLE: MODERN EUROPEAN DOCTRINES AS A REFERENCE POINT FOR NATIONAL LEGISLATION REFORMATION (Pryntsyp verkhovenstva prava: suchasni yevropeyski doktryny yak oriyentyr dlya reformuvannya natsinalnoho zakonodavstva)

The authoress considers evolution of scientific opinions regarding content of the rule of law principle in the context of the effect of globalization, international and European integration processes. Formation of European administrative space and implementation of renewed doctrinal elements of rule of law principle perception in the modern western legal science causes urgent necessity to improve administrative legislation of Ukraine that features insufficient concrete definition of the content of rule of law principle. Consideration of tendencies and requirements of new law perception in the process of home legislation reformation will accelerate its adaptation to the European principles and standards of administrative law.