On the legal personality of a court in a procedural legal relationship

Relevance. The doctrine of legal personality of participants in legal proceedings is still in demand in civil law. In Roman law, the issue of a judge as a subject of legal relations was already raised. The author considers it necessary to conduct a more in-depth and comprehensive study of the legal status of such a subject as a court (judge) in order to determine the features of legal personality as a condition for participation in procedural legal relations.
Purpose. It consists in forming a holistic scientific understanding of the unity of public interest and the protection of private interest within the framework of public order by the court in the exercise of its legal personality.
Objectives: to determine the contradictions of the doctrine on the legal personality of the court in the civil process; to identify the signs of the legal personality of the court as a participant in procedural legal relations; to establish the duties of the court (judge) in the framework of the implementation of its legal personality.
Methodology. The study was prepared using methods of analysis, description, generalization, formal legal, and systemic.
Results. The results presented in this study are the author's vision of the legal status of the court (judge) in the judicial process. The author argues that the legal personality of the court (judge) stems from the law, as a body of state judicial authority, as a subject of general regulatory legal relations. The right of the court (judge) to resolve a legal conflict is also its duty.
Conclusion. The article focuses on eliminating the one-sidedness of the study of the legal status of the court (judge), when only its rights are discussed. By increasing the focus of scientific research on the obligatory aspects of its activities, it can influence the professional training of judges as obligated public servants.

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