Svetlana Vladimirovna Boshno

Dispositive method of legal regulation can have multiple manifestations, 
which are revealed by some of its rules.
Dispositive rules in general are 
informative. They report to the subject of 
law about the possibility of its lawful activity. In private legal relations (for example, 
civilian) citizens generally are free, including that they can perform actions that are 
not specified in the law. The subject of law determines by itself the need for the 
implementation of dispositive rules and begins to implement them.
But a certain vector of intentions from authorities may take place. Thus, the 
state in some cases may be interested in a particular behavior of subjects of law, 
but for some reason is not able to apply obliging or ban. Preserving the intention to 
influence participants of public relations, public authorities apply recommendations 
and encouragement. Unlike other dispositive rules (conditionally call them 
indifferent), the state has an interest to stimulate certain legal activity and uses for 
this motivation of subjects of law. 
The recommendation method is used similar to incentive one, but does 
not provide for a specific award. Rules of law implementing this method may 
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contain words «desirable», «recommend», «offer», etc. The real impact of 
recommendation method depends on the credibility of their source, the author.
Recommendation is the proposal to perform a certain activity that has no 
specific encouragement. The subject of law will perform a recommendation based 
on the intention to be obedient, loyal, stands out from among other subjects of law 
with a desire to use it later on to its advantage. Encouragement can lay not on 
a surface, but to be a part of a legal status and at the right time to get a positive 
assessment from the part of interested state bodies.
The state, formulating a recommendation, in fact is waiting for execution, 
which corresponds to compel. This method of legal influence can be understood 
through the adage, i.e. «an offer you cannot refuse». And, indeed, if to eliminate 
this wait of state, then the norm will become redundant. It complements with 
recommendation that that already could be done in legal form. For example, 
make recommendation to legislative bodies to bring their acts in accordance to 
the parent document.
Important for the understanding of the legal nature of encouragement and 
recommendations is – a state of the feat, in excess of the activity. That is, the 
subject of the law voluntarily takes on additional responsibilities for the positive 
evaluation of its behavior from the part of the state. The recommendation is a 
proposal to accomplish anything without specific awards, and encouragement 
has a clearly established award.