Property rights, being a concept and a legal institution, can and should be studied not only as an exclusively integral entity, but also in its reasonably separated components, types, aspects, features, etc. The application of such a research methodology does not destroy the idea of the integrity of property rights, but on the contrary – in the case of measured and balanced application of this methodology provides a basis for a better understanding of property rights and relations within which this right is implemented. Given these considerations, the direct object of study within this work, the concept of “public property rights” was chosen.

The purpose of the article there is, firstly, the identification of the meaning of the concept of “public property rights”, and secondly, the establishment of further prospects for the application of this concept in theoretical and practical jurisprudence.

 It is established that in the Constitution and laws of Ukraine the term “public property rights” is not used, and the meaning of the relevant concept is not defined. At the same time, most modern scientists either confirm the possibility and appropriateness of usingthe term and concept of “public property rights” in research with certain restrictions, or justify the way of further development and evolution of this concept for its application in legislation, law enforcement and more. In this case, the “public property rights” is mainly considered as a generic concept, which covers the scope of such concepts as the property rights of the Ukrainian people, the right of state property, the right of communal property.

The article argues that there are no grounds for interpreting the content and scope of the concept of “public property rights” through the types of property rights belonging to different subjects of public law and states the lack of theoretical and practical need for the concept “public property rights”. Instead, it is proposed to support the idea of dividing state property into private (used to satisfy the private interest in obtaining income from their property) and public (not subject to alienation, privatization, because it satisfies the public interest). As a result, the right of state public property should be understood, first of all, as the right of property of the Ukrainian people. In turn, the right of private state property should be understood as the property right of that state property that can be alienated in favor of private owners.

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