Abstract: This article discusses the features of municipal formation: the territory; charter; competence, including the right to introduce their own legal acts, including regulations, as well as the right to impose taxes, in accordance with the law; municipal property; budget; administrative center; name; official symbols. The author considers a controversial opinion, according to which the local governments are a feature of municipal formation, as the municipality may be considered as the structure of these branches of government.

Abstract: This article discusses the features of municipal formation: the territory; charter; competence, including the right to introduce their own legal acts, including regulations, as well as the right to impose taxes, in accordance with the law; municipal property; budget; administrative center; name; official symbols. The author considers a controversial opinion, according to which the local governments are a feature of municipal formation, as the municipality may be considered as the structure of these branches of government.

Abstract: Public education (The Russian Federation, territorial subjects of the Russian Federation and municipalities) is considered as a legal entity, structure of bodies of the public power and the institute providing the rights and freedoms of the person and the citizen. In article the ratio problem legal the categories "public education" and "public and territorial collective" is investigated. Legitimization of public territorial collective within public education is described: the primary – genetic (when forming a kind of public and territorial education) and kreatsionny (at creation of concrete public education); secondary (constant) – within functioning of public education. In article the main approaches of the Russian legislator and scientists to establishment of a circle of the subjects called by public educations are compared. From the point of view of the author, public education – the phenomenon which has been a little studied in jurisprudence. Scientists and the legislator from different positions define the subjects acting as public educations. The public and territorial collective is legitimized within such education thanks to what members of collective acquire the collective rights, freedoms and the duties realized in the respective territory and carried only to it.