Subjective Public Rights and Interest

The article examines the problems of the development of the theory of subjective public rights in Russian law science. There is a lack of unity of approaches to the understanding of subjective public rights, their content and classification. The author analyzes views of representatives of different generations of foreign and domestic law science on the understanding and types of subjective public rights. The positions of modern scientists on these problems are presented. The criteria for the classification of subjective rights are investigated and argued. The categories of “will” and “interest”, the role of these categories in the content of subjective rights are analyzed.