Legal Principles of Social Entrepreneurship. Part 2

Abstract

This article is a continuation of the research presented in the previous issue of the journal. In the first part of the work, the basic principles of regulation of social and legal relations in the provision of social services are considered, the combination of private and public principles is analyzed, the principle of the balance of private and public interests in the system of provision of social services, general principles of constitutional and civil law, and social security law are analyzed. Possible variants of combination of principles based in public and private sectors in relations for the provision of social services are considered. This paper analyzes the legal principles of social entrepreneurship. Particular attention is paid to the principle of freedom of contract, which is presented through the prism of freedom to provide social services. The features of the manifestation of freedom in contracts of a public nature have been determined. Taking into account the involvement of both state institutions and entities belonging to all forms of ownership in the provision of services, an analysis of the application of the principles of competition, the professionalism of providers of social services is presented. Problems are identified and conclusions are drawn regarding the consideration of social services as a type of social entrepreneurship and the possibility of applying norms on entrepreneurial activity to these relations. The article presents a comparative characteristic of the fundamental provisions of constitutional, civil and social security norms. Taking into account the public nature of relations of social security law, it was concluded that the civil legal essence of social services is influenced by public norms in the process of recognizing the right to receive social services, the establishment of criteria or the absence of criteria for the gratuitous nature of the service received or for partial payment, the choice of a provider of social services among those who have the right to provide them.