Based on the analysis of various approaches, the conditions of effectiveness of the mechanism of goal-setting norms of administrative law are outlined: concepts and varieties, and the author's point of view is expressed on some fundamental aspects of the problem. It is noted that the conditions for the effectiveness of the goal-setting mechanism of administrative law norms in comparison with the effectiveness of the legal regulation mechanism, the effectiveness of administrative law norms or their implementation have their own specifics, but in general, the same theoretical models are the basis of their delineation. As the author notes, the conditions for the effectiveness of the goal-setting mechanism of administrative law are circumstances and/or features of reality of a general and special nature that ensure the effectiveness of the goal­setting process of administrative law. Secondly, it is advisable to divide the specified conditions into general and special ones. Among the general conditions for the effectiveness of the mechanism of goal-setting norms of administrative law, in particular, the following are outlined: compliance of the specified mechanism with general laws and principles of self-organization of society and other systemic phenomena; correlation of the goal-setting mechanism of administrative law norms with the needs of social development; compliance of the goal-setting mechanism with the specific historical conditions of the functioning of administrative law; compliance of the goal-setting mechanism with the real needs and interests of those subjects, the relations between which are regulated by the norms of administrative law, etc. Among the special factors of effectiveness of the mechanism of goal-setting of norms of administrative law, the following can be mentioned: the objective determination of the activity of the law-making subject during the determination of the goal and the assignment of norms of administrative law or their groups; features of administrative law­making as a result of the creative process; the level of legal awareness of subjects of relevant administrative legal relations; conformity of the goal-setting mechanism of administrative law norms to the theoretical and practical results of scientific research (social, precise, natural, technical, etc.), the objects of which are simultaneously objects of administrative legal relations, etc.