EASTERN DESPOTISM IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE ANCIENT EAST: ON THE PROBLEM OF INTERACTION BETWEEN SOCIETY AND THE STATE
Traditionally, there are three main forms of the emergence of the state: Athenian, Roman and German. All of them have different catalysts that contributed to the allocation of public power in society. The Marxist concept substantiates a special way of the emergence of the state in the countries of the Ancient East. These are, first of all, Ancient Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, Ancient China. According to the formational approach, the decisive role was assigned to the "Asian mode of production", which, as a basis, determined a number of features of the ancient Eastern society and state. The article makes an attempt to highlight the main features of the social and state system of the countries of the Ancient East on the basis of research carried out in historical and legal science, as well as defining the problem of interaction between society and the state, the correlation of interests secured by the state at the early stages of development of state legal institutions.