Keyword: «legal institute»

The article is devoted to historical research and comparative analysis of existing approaches to the definition of the “municipal service” concept, represented in legislation and legal science, identifying its fundamental features, studying the semantic-syntactic meaning of the concept being studied. The paper reveals the debatable aspect of the correctness of the term “permanent basis” use as a fundamental feature of the “municipal service” concept. The author concludes that the reason for the varying interpretation of this concept, both in objective and subjective terms, is the interaction of these two sides of a single phenomenon, beyond which the will, that has become a law, cannot exist and be implemented in practice. The author also outlines the ways of further research in connection with the existence of the theoretical legal category “public service”.