Introduction.Many researchers considerius resistendi as the right to violent uprising, while nowadays this right plays the role of a legal institution that restrains public authorities from abuses and encroachments on other human and civil rights. Ius resistendi is rooted in classical iusnaturalism, but is comprehended by means of modern natural law, legal positivism and sociological science, including the theory of confl ict, which makes it possible to analyze the nature of the right of resistance more comprehensively. Theoretical analysis.
