Legal tools for organization and self-organization of relations in the sphere of motor transportation: civil aspect

Introduction: the article considers problems of selection of civil tools used for organization and self-organization of public relations in the transport sphere. Purpose: the author proves the possibility to apply a civil contract as a legal instrument for self-organization of social relations in the sphere of motor transportation. Methods: the methodology of the research comprises a set of scientific methods, with a dialectic method playing the leading role. The author uses general scientific (dialectics, analysis and synthesis, abstraction and specification) and specific scientific methods of research (technical, comparative law). Moreover, to obtain new knowledge the author uses both system and tool approaches. Results: according to the author, legal tools for self-organization of passenger transportation should be treated as a set of non-legislative instruments, able to generate synergistic relations and to overcome obstacles by means of mutual co-operation and effective modeling of public relations to meet passengers' needs in regular, timely, comfortable, and safe transportation at a reasonable price. The author insists on efficient combining both individual and legal means for the most optimal organization of passenger transportation. First of all it is necessary to use such individual (non-normative) tools, as organizational civil relations and a civil contract. Self-organization is concluded to have advantages over regulatory organization and management. Self-modeling of civil relations by means of individual legal regulators is possible due to characteristic features of the method of civil regulation. Civil law is considered to play a very important but still a secondary role in proper managing synergistic processes and preventing destruction of the system of legal relations. Only civil contracts and organizational relationship are appropriate to regulate synergistic processes. Conclusions: the most effective remedies for self-organization of public relations between automobile carriers and passengers are civil organizational relations and organizational civil contracts.