The Principle of the Rule of Law Is An Attribute of the Modern Legislation Reform

The author depicted the problem of discrepancy of the acting Ukrainian legislation in the sphere of the legal regulation of scientific research in one of the heading principles and standards of the EU law-making, namely the principle of the rule of law. The author has conducted an analysis of the national legislation and compared it with the international law in the afore-mentioned sphere, and has found out a number of divergences. Hence, the author has proposed the methods of solving the said legal problem, namely the author has chosen the most sufficient and actionable method of fulfilling the unification of legal terminology in the acting national legislation, and as a result, its adaptation to international law. The author finds it concordant to perform a number of changes to a chain of laws and bylaws, which are acting in Ukraine. Similar changes testify that the Ukrainian legislator fulfills the principle of the rule of law, especially one of its’ key features – namely, the legal certainty, clarity and non-ambiguity of the legal norm.