Concerning the classification of protective civil legal relations

Classification is considered by science as either the process of classifying several objects or the result of this process. The process of classification and the resultant classification as its final product are closely related, since the result of classification is directly dependent on the quality of this research procedure. The author attempts to examine both aspects of the issue as applied to the classification of protective civil legal relations. The paper analyzes the classifications of this legal relationship offered by civil jurisprudence at the present date; the necessity of their natural classification is advanced. It is concluded that the quantity-oriented approach to the classification leads to overproduction of information on the subject matter which impedes the development of scientific knowledge.