Kostiukova A. Economic and legal regulation of theater and concert activities

The dissertation is devoted to the research of legal relationships arising in the process of organization of theatrical and concert activities and rendering of theatrical and concert services with the purpose of satisfying the spiritual, intellectual, entertaining and other cultural needs of the society. The state of legal regulation of relevant relationships and organizational peculiarities of material support of performing arts from state and non-state sources in Ukraine, as well as in some other developed countries are investigated. The forms and types (methods) of such support are identified. The main focus of the work is on the economic and legal nature of theatrical and concert activities, the elucidation of its socio-economic content. It has been established that theatrical and concert activities should be considered as an independent branch of the economy, connected with the provision on a systematic and professional basis of services in the field of creativity, arts and entertainment, which are of value nature and aimed at achieving a number of socially and economically significant results. Such properties of theatrical and concert services as non-exclusivity and noncompetitiveness are substantiated, in connection with which the mechanisms of power influence on harmonious coexistence of processes for production of cultural services (cultural product) and their consumption are offered. The complex research of object-subject composition of legal relations arising in the sphere of theatrical and concert activity is carried out, their horough classification is made. The peculiarities of commercial and non-commercial use of the objects of theatrical and concert activity are defined; signs of theatrical and concert services as one of the main objects of the investigated relations were identified; specific features are highlighted and practical approaches to distinguish between business entities engaged in the theater and concert business are proposed.