The concept of self defense in civil law

The paper presents the rationale for the need to improve the institution of self-defense of rights, by legislatively fixing the concept, signs and methods of self-defense of rights. Based on the results of the analysis of legal literature, the author's concept of "self-defense" is proposed, which should be understood as an interdisciplinary institution of Russian law, forms of protection of a really violated right, ways of exercising a right that can be determined by the subject himself, within the framework of the current legislation of the Russian Federation. Self-defence is a resource of public self-regulation in building a mechanism for legal regulation, and also characterizes the level of legal culture of citizens.