Розглянуто визначення категорії адміністративно-правового спору крізь призму досліджень різних точок зору в юридичній доктрині. Розкрито та охарактеризовано основні ознаки адміністративно-правового спору.
The article deals with the definition of the category of administrative-legal dispute through the prism of research of different points of view in the legal doctrine. Thus, an administrative legal dispute is a legal conflict between a natural person or a legal entity, on the one hand, and the subject of authority - on the other, due to the implementation of the last administrative functions and can be resolved both in the court and in the extrajudicial (administrative) but with the use of special procedures that take into account the probable inequality of the participants in the relations from which it originated. The main features of the administrative-legal dispute are described and characterized. To which is assigned: firstly, the administrative-legal dispute is closely linked to public administration, as it arises, as a rule, in the context of the managerial activity of the subjects of power representing the state; secondly, an administrative-legal dispute can arise from relations of various branch affiliation; third, in most cases, the obligatory side of the administrative-legal dispute is the dominant
entity, authorized to perform management functions; fourthly, the administrative-legal dispute arises, as a rule, from relations between unequal participants.
