Introduction. The article examines volunteerism as an institution of civil society. Currently, volunteering is mainly studied through the prism of various social sciences and the humanitie. However, there are no comprehensive studies related to the legal essence of volunteerism. The relevance of the theoretical and legal understanding of volunteerism as an institution of civil society is determined by the crucial applied value of this analysis for understanding the social nature of the institution under study and its current state.
