Methodological techniques of civilistic research of independent economic activity of citizens

The article reveals the features of using methodological tools in the study of independ-ent economic activity of citizens and its types in civilistic studies. The necessity of applying separate general scientific and private scientific research methods of the specified institute is substantiated. The article pays special attention to the historical research method, which allows identifying and ana-lyzing the stages of the genesis of independent economic activity of individuals and its types. The ar-ticle emphasizes that the study of independent economic activity and its types, including the new ex-perimental regime of self-employment, should be approached in more detail from the point of view of formal-legal, formal-dogmatic, legal forecasting and modeling, legal experimentation. The conclu-sion is substantiated that the use of the entire set of methodological techniques in the civilistic study of independent economic activity and its types makes it possible to determine a fair and effective mechanism for the legal regulation of this institution.