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The judicial system in Ukraine as an independent and full-fledged branch of government currently exists exclusively in a formal context. In the course of reforms to update judges and courts, a large number of problems arise that require the search for new forms of legal proceedings, new approaches to determining the severity of an offence and the complexity of a court case. In particular, this article draws attention to the procedural features of the judicial review of military matters. The purpose of our scientific research is to analyze the formation of military courts of honorary officers as an alternative institution for resolving legal conflicts, their development, defining the jurisdiction and prospects for the resumption of these courts. It is researched the history of initiation and development of the institute of military courts of officer’s honour, their jurisdiction, organization of activity, the procedure in cases and decision-making procedure, place of courts of officer’s honour in the system of authorities of military proceedings. The Ukrainian and foreign experience of the activity of the court of officer’s honour is analyzed.