Legal policy as a fundamental basis for forming the concept of law‑making policy

This article comprehensively highlights the theoretical and practical aspects of the concept of legal policy, its role and functional significance in public administration. As the subject of the study, legal policy is considered an important direction of state policy. The author analyzes the dual nature of legal policy — as policy based on law, and as law used as an instrument of political governance. The study reveals the theoretical foundations of the interaction between politics and law, emphasizing the need for their balance and consistency as a condition for democratic reforms. The methodological basis includes general theory of law, systematic, functional, and analytical approaches. The article scientifically substantiates the structure of legal policy, its types and forms of expression, in particular, the relationship between lawmaking policy and law enforcement policy. As a result, it is established that effective implementation of legal policy serves as a guarantee of democratic development. The conclusion emphasizes that legal policy represents the nationwide nature of state policy and is the main driving force of legal reforms. This approach contributes to establishing legal policy as an independent and leading category of legal theory.