RUDN Journal of LawRUDN Journal of Law2313-23372408-9001Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2456210.22363/2313-2337-2020-24-3-572-590Research ArticleSUBJECT OF PROCEDURAL LAW: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO DEFINITIONBelyaevValery P.<p>Doctor of Legal Sciences, professor, professor of the department of theory and history of state and law</p>belvp46@mail.ruNinciyevaTamila M.<p>Candidate of Legal Sciences, Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Law</p>tamila761076@mail.ruSouthwest state universityChechen state university1512202024357259014092020Copyright © 2020, Belyaev V.P., Ninciyeva T.M.2020<p>The purpose of the study of this article is a general theoretic analysis of scientific views on the essence of legal regulation and its object for the development and formation of a definition of the object of procedural legal regulation. General scientific and special scientific methods including formal-legal and comparative-legal, as well as logical techniques, have been chosen for the research; they allowed to reveal the essence of the legal regulation and its object, and eventually - to formulate the author 's definition of the object of procedural-legal regulation. A review of scientific publications shows that legal regulation generally implies a streamlining effect on social relations on the part of authorized entities. The essence of legal regulation lies in the legal impact on social relations with a view to their regularization, carried out by authorized entities through legal activities. The object of legal regulation is a set of social relations subject to legal regulation, which is the starting point for understanding the concept of the object of procedural and legal regulation. 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