Ozod Khusanov, Professor of the Academy of Public Policy and Administration under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, DSc (in Law)

Abstract: the article examines the significance and constitutional foundations of the principles of legality and justice, as well as the role of legality in the realization of justice. It further analyses Article 1 of the Constitution, which defines the state as a rule-of-law and social state, and discusses the factors influencing the implementation of the principles of legality and justice in states of this type, along with the constitutional provisions related to legality and justice.

Keywords: Constitution in the new edition, “Legality”, “Justice”, force and law, rights and freedoms, guarantees of rights and freedoms, law, requirements for the law, rule of law, social state.