The study analyzes the potential of law in the implementation of the functions of the state,
analyzes the factors that determine the need for active scientific development of the problem of the functions of the state. Based on the analysis of various approaches to the concept of the function of
the state, the article gives its definition; the classification of state functions is generalized and their
characteristics are revealed; shows the forms and methods of implementation of the functions of the
state. Based on the analysis of theoretical judgments, the dynamics of the goals and objectives of
the state and new global challenges, the necessity of scientific research into the problem of the
functions of the state is substantiated as part of the reassessment of established views and the
modernization of the latest approaches.