Journal of the Charles University Law Faculty
Eduard Bárány
Author’s affiliation:
Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
Interest Jurisprudence, power and conflict solution as public service
Jurisprudence 1/2026 Section: Articles Page: 2-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71372/TVVU2889
Keywords: conflict solution by law, public power, public service, interest jurisprudence
Abstract: The state (public power) contributes to inner peace in society also by suppressing some ways of conflict solutions (violence) and by offering alternative peaceful conflict solution methods: lawmaking and the path of law (in particular courts of law). The main source of conflicts is the difference of interests in conditions of scarce resources. This was the basic idea of interest jurisprudence. The creation of internal peace by law and offering a nonviolent path of conflict management (and sometimes even of conflict solution) is a public service provided by public power and especially by a state governed by the rule of law to its citizens.
