Issues on the Concept of Application of Law

Abstract

Given article analyzes the features of the application of law on the methodological basis of the principles of the rule of law and legal legitimacy, as well as establishes the following new definition for the application of law as a special form of the exercise of law: the application of law is the domineering activity of public bodies (officials) carried out in strict procedural order established by law and aimed at making an individual decision in respect of specific cases and certain persons on the basis of legal facts and rules of law, which may lead to supplementing or improving the regulatory framework.