Abstract. The scientific article is devoted to the study of the legal status of subjects of administrative proceedings. The article examines scientific and legal approaches to the definition of the concept of "subject of administrative proceedings", analyzes the criteria for the classification of subjects in administrative proceedings.
The article deals with the scientific and regulatory approaches to the definition of “subject of administrative justice”, the classification of subjects in administrative legal proceedings was studied. The legal status of the subjects of administrative legal proceedings depends directly on its legislative definition, but its implementation is connected with active or passive forms of execution of the functions of the parties, and other procedural participants in court proceedings.
The article deals with issues of development of administrative justice, its purpose and principles. The process, which is carried out by an administrative court, acquires the meaning of administrative proceedings.
The article deals with the study and analysis of judiciary reforms conducted by
P. Polubotok and D. Apostol in Hetmanshchyna in the XVIII century. The author stresses the
circumscription of the native judiciary by the Russian autocracy