Palienko I.V.

The article is devoted to the division of the categories "absoluteness" and "relativity" in the theory of legal relations. In our opinion, the main purpose of such division arises from the existence of socially significant relationships that develop, in the first case (absolute rights), between a particular person and other persons, in the second (relative rights) — between specific persons. As a result, the author concludes, that the relative legal relationship is not exhausted in its action between direct participants, but to some extent has an “absolute” effect in relation to other persons.