On the Distinction of Private Law and Public Law Relations with the Participation of Legal Entities of Public Law

Abstract

The correlation and distinction of private law and public law is one of the fundamental issues in theory and practice of Russian jurisprudence. The article analyses possible criteria for distinction of private law and public law relations by example of legal relations with the participation of legal entities of public law which, on the one hand, may participate in civil circulation in their own name and, on the other hand, directly acquire and carry out public law authorities, inherent in government bodies.

Keywords:

private legal relations, public law relations, legal entities of public law