To the Question About the Concept and Content of the State Body as a Scientific Category

Purpose of the researching. In the article draws attention to the fact, that in the domestic literature on the theory of law and state, other juridical sciences have been discussed the question about the content of the definition «state body». Considered the evolution of scientific definitions of the phenomenon of «state body», key typologies of bodies of the state. In this regard, the purpose of the researching is an attempt to find an original definition of a state body as a scientific category. Conclusions. As a result of the analysis, the author comes to the conclusion, that the state body is a relatively independent element («link») of the state apparatus, the state mechanism (executive person, state employee, an official, bureaucrat, organized team of these persons), directly and indirectly involved in state management, endowed with public power credentials (competence), able to implement the tasks and functions of public (state) power, provided by the current juridical order.

state apparatus, state mechanism, state body, public power