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The paper considers the role of the state in the provision of economic safety of a personality. It is tried to define the term «socio-economic policy» in detail. Special attention is paid to the issue of the place and role of the state in protection of the economic interests of the country on the whole and each person in particular.

The article focuses on the concept of power in various doctrines of European countries and its functioning within the doctrines before the concept of institution of state based on the rule of law emerged.

The article focuses on a constitutional obligation of parents to take care of their children in the Russian Federation. This issue has not yet been thoroughly studied in the Russian constitutional law science despite vital importance of its key issues: child upbringing, financial support, education, health care, etc. The author gives definition of the given constitutional obligation and describes its characteristics. The author dwells on the concept and characteristics of this constitutional obligation.