Psychology of interest in social and legal relations

The psychology of the category of interest has a multifaceted character, which is the semantic line of human life. At the same time, interest begins with individual’s psychology, then there is a transition to interests in social and legal relations, and then the interest again turns into personal motivation, but already in a social environment. The main psychological feature of interest is its emotional component, without which the interest loses its subjective meaning. It is reflected in legal relations between the state and society. Purpose: to consider the concept and characteristics of interest in social and legal relations. Methods: empirical methods of comparison, description, interpretation; theoretical methods of formal and dialectical logic. Results: the author comes to the conclusion that the construction of a person's interest at the present time does not come from two components - individual and social, but from three, which will certainly include the third component as interests at the level of international relations.