The content of the law of public events: characteristics of the main approaches

Abstract

The article deals with the complex research of the issues concerning the nature of the right on public events. The author marks the points of division between different forms of public events referring to freedom of assembly. Public events are distinguished from mass actions and terminological differentiation in naming forms of civil activity is given. The links and relations arising in the sphere of organization and holding public events and following dialectical laws are analyzed. The author investigates legal conflicts, risks and competition accompanying public events. The psychological side of organization and holding public events is described. Special attention is given to public events as a part of political process. The scientific novelty ot the paper is connected with grounding new elements of the content of freedom of assembly. Using logical tools the author marks the specialties in external acts characterizing each form of public events. On the ground of language approach public events can be defined as mass or individual gatherings in scheduled place and time conditions targeting of public opinion expression. Sociological approach gives the opportunity to define public events as grassroots phenomenon uniting having common senses citizens and associations. From the psychological side of organization and holding public events they appear to be deliberate volition emotional and objective acts supposing assessment of social events and determined by social, economic, political and ideal needs of citizens and their associations.