Title of the article	The legality as a fundamental principle prosecutorial activities
Author(s)	LESIA YEVROPINA lecturer of the department of public prosecutors training in supervision over laws observance by agencies entrusted with operative and detective activities, inquiry and pre-trial investigation, National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine, ewropina@mail.ru
Journal	Scientific theoretical and practical journal “Journal of the National Prosecution Academy of Ukraine”
Issue	4’2016
Pages	[24–29]
Abstract	The article is devoted to the basics (principles) of the activities of the Prosecutor’s office of Ukraine and the most universal of them is the rule of law. Interest reasoned arguments of the author, that “legality” is not only the General legal category of the highest degree of normativity, but also an important factor (provisions) governing all of the parties to criminal proceedings.
Keywords	the principles; Constitution of Ukraine; Law of Ukraine “On Prosecutor’s office”; the criminal proceedings; regime legitimacy.
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