In the article problems the constitutional principles of the rule of incarnation, the direct action of norms of the Ukrainian Constitution, access to justice, etc. are disclosed on the example of administrative courts for the protection of fundamental political rights and freedoms. The author addresses the problem of determining the criteria of “public legal dispute” and makes suggestions that promote the empowerment of administrative proceedings. Underlined the important part of the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Plenum of the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine in the constitutionalization of administrative procedural law.

Keywords: constitutionalization, administrative proceedings, the public and legal dispute, political rights and freedoms