Private and public law: introduction to a problem

Purpose: Article is sent for consideration of some aspects of a ratio of private and public law. Methodology: Were applied by authors historical-legal, formal-legal and comparative-legal methods. Results: Authors note that division of the right for branches is an exclusive gain of the Soviet doctrine. Any modern legal system did not provide and does not provide such division. The private law in a general view is set of the legislative and legal complexes regulating a civil turn. In this case it is about arrays of the legislation and the legal phenomena coordinated by it which basis authors see in the codified acts. Novelty/originality/value: The value of work consists in complex consideration of an actual theoretical problem and a formulation of important scientific conclusions.