Vasylchuk V. Justice as a Сategory of Law

The thesis is devoted to philosophical legal research of conceptual substance of the category of justice, its essential characteristics in the legal sphere and also peculiarity of application at the Ukrainian national legal system. The necessity of research of justice as a category of law is substantiated by requirements of the legal science and also by requirements of the legal practice which are conditioned by legislative usage of category of justice and absence of its common comprehension. The thesis argues that justice as a category of law is a fundamental legal concept, which contains of an idea of recognition of individual rights, which is founded on natural law, positive law or agreement by all participants of legal relations.