avalikõigusliku

Avalikõiguslik iseenesest refers to the realm of public law in the Estonian legal vocabulary. It is an adjective used to describe things connected with public law, the branch of law that governs the relationship between the state and individuals as well as the functioning of state institutions. In legal and academic texts, the term is applied to concepts, bodies, procedures and rules that operate within the public-law framework.

Public law and private law are commonly contrasted in Estonian legal discourse. Public law (avalikõigus) covers relations involving the state, government agencies, constitutional matters, administrative procedures, taxation, criminal law, and other areas where state power or public interests are central. Private law (eraõigus or tsiviilõigus) concerns relations between private individuals or private entities, such as contract, property, family, and tort law. The descriptor avalikõiguslik is used to mark a field, regulation, or institution as belonging to public law, and it can appear in combinations like avalikõiguslik regulatsioon, avalikõiguslik institutsioon, or avalikõiguslik vastutus.

Grammatical note: avalikõiguslik is an inflected form system, and avalikõigusliku is a commonly encountered form in Estonian texts. This form typically appears when the adjective modifies a noun in genitive case, for example in phrases meaning “of a public-law institution” or similar contexts. The term is part of standard legal vocabulary and is used across statutes, court decisions, and scholarly writing to distinguish public-law subjects from private-law ones.

In sum, avalikõiguslik denotes attributes, concepts or entities that belong to public law, emphasizing the role of the state, public administration, and public interests in legal matters.