Matsola M. Political and State Power: Theoretical and Legal Problems of Interrelation and Co-operation

A comprehensive research of the category "power" as the object of legal science investigation is carried out in the dissertation, the essentially-functional bases of political power are determined, issues of its legitimation as a condition of determination and ensuring of the efficiency are examined. The state as a subject of power relations is characterized, the limits and structure of state power are defined, the notion, content and varieties of functions of state power are distinguished. The definitions of "political power", "functions of political power", "legitimation of political power", "functions of state power" are clarifies in the research of political and state power, the nature and essence of political power, the criteria for legitimacy of power, the limits of state power are distinguished and characterized.