Contract as a source of legal regulation of civil and family relations

Abstract

In the scientific article, the author justifies that a person is an active participant in civil and family relations every day. The sphere of family life is an integral part of our existence. Civil legal relations expand the opportunities of their participants by satisfying personal non-property and property needs and interests. Along with other regulators of social relations, the role of the contract in influencing the studied legal relations is decisive.
 The formation of the contract as an independent source of law has a long history. Its role, along with such widespread sources of law as normative legal act, custom and others, is important. In general, scientific works in the field of civil and family law are enough to study the contract as a source of law, but not enough attention is paid to the issue of the contract as a source of legal regulation of family and civil relations.
 The contract is the main regulator of civil legal relations, we also note its important influence on the regulation of family relations.
 The author investigated the approaches of scientists in the theory of the state and law to the definition of the concept of "source of law", "form of law", "legal regulation". It has been established that the contract is both a source of law and a source of legal regulation. These concepts are not identical.
 The types of legal regulation are disclosed and it is determined that the contract is the source of individual regulation of civil and family relations.
 In the conclusions, the author defines the concept of a contract as a source of legal regulation of civil and family relations as an external form of expression of the rules of conduct established by the participants of relations to regulate civil and family relations that arise, change and terminate in connection with the conclusion of such a contract. The main features are also defined.