Types of Jurisdiction in Administrative Proceedings on the Legislation of Ukraine

The article deals with the concept of jurisdiction in administrative proceedings in Ukraine. It proposes an algorithm fordetermining a competent administrative court for hearing and deciding specific administrative cases. Particular attention is givento specific types of jurisdiction: territorial jurisdiction, instance jurisdiction and jurisdiction by the court’s ruling. In the article,the criteria for allocation of cases to the administrative courts are analyzed. The author emphasizes that the nature of the issueor legal entities in conflict are the criteria to be used in determining each case’s jurisdiction. The basis of the territorial jurisdictionof administrative cases are the following criteria: administrative and territorial structure of Ukraine; the location of the defendant;the location of the plaintiff; administrative cases of national, public or international importance; specifics, subjects, the contentof public relations and their object. Clarity and equal opportunities to appeal court decisions are the basis for instance jurisdiction.The criterion determining the jurisdiction of several interconnected requirements is the presence of two or more interrelatedrequirements stated by the plaintiff in a lawsuit. It was found that jurisdiction is a complex system of norms that has a specialsignificance to justice in general and administrative justice in particular. The author suggests that jurisdiction should be understoodas a system of procedural rules that allows distinguishing the competences of courts basing on characteristics of the case to beconsidered.