LAW IN ITS NORMATIVE SENSE AS THE FORMAL BASIS OF THE RULE OF LAW
Background: the article reveals the role of law as a formal basis for the rule of law. The author notes that the rule of law depends on various conditions and factors that predetermine its level and state. The influence of the quality of a normative legal act as the dominant form of Russia’s right to the rule of law is emphasized. The article highlights the organic relationship between legislation and the rule of law, as a result of the implementation of existing regulations. Objective: to analyze the relationship between the rule of law and law in its normative understanding. Methodology: dialectical materialism, systemic-structural method, formal-legal method. Results: it has been proved that law, as a set of legal norms, it is the immediate and primary basis of the rule of law. Conclusions: the proper state of orderliness of social relations, referred to in the general theory of law as the rule of law, is determined by the quality of legislation, which is the main form of expression of Russian law.