scholarly journals Testing the Origins of the Family Patrimony in Everyday Law

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 795-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Kasirer
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
Married Life ◽  
The Family ◽  
Civil Code Of Quebec ◽  
A Share

This essay seeks to reevaluate the origins of the family patrimony by challenging the idea that the provisions introduced into the Civil Code of Québec in 1989 amounted to new law. The family patrimony is not simply a statutory trust borrowed maladroitly from Ontario, nor does it reflect a moral postulate that, prior to 1989, had no legal status. It may be argued, in advance of sociological study, that the family patrimony should be understood as reflecting customary norms that were already present in the Quebec legal order at the time of its enactment. Where wealth is accumulated by the spouses during the period that marriage is lived as a joint economic endeavour, rules of everyday law may require the sharing of certain property without regard to which of them has formal title thereto. These customary norms, obscured doctrinally by a modern disinclination among jurists to look beyond state-made law and its adjuncts in the regulation of married life, are potent sources of family property law. Once the manner in which everyday law complements the formal law of matrimonial property is made plain, it becomes apparent that the claim to a share of the family patrimony is not, in fact, a break with tradition in Quebec's Civil law of family property.

Cohabitation in the Slovak Republic: Myth or Reality?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilla Garayová
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Slovak Republic ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Central European ◽  
Traditional Marriage ◽  
Legal Consequences

The following article deals with the issue of cohabitation in the Slovak Republic. An institute, that while does not formally exist in Slovak legal order, still has certain legal consequences. Slovak family law is facing a comprehensive transformation, so it is expected, that many of the issues outlined in the submitted article will be properly dealt with in the expected recodification of Slovak civil law, that will include family law as well. As far as the current legal framework however, it leaves much to be desired. There is no legal institute which would be an alternative to traditional marriage, nor an institute which would comprehensively cover the legal status, rights and duties of cohabitants. This is due to the traditional nature of Slovak family law, the way the institute of marriage and family are dealt with in our legal order. While a comprehensive legal framework of cohabitation is missing, it cannot be said that the Slovak legislation ignores cohabitation – there are many legal consequences in various fields of law that relate to the rights of cohabitants. The article highlights the gaps in these areas as well as potential opportunities for future legislation. The research was carried out within the framework of the Central European Professors’ Network coordinated by the Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law.

Intersectional relations between executive law and civil law of Ukraine

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
N. Sergiienko
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Executive Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

The scientific article is devoted to analyze the intersectional relations between executive law of Ukraine and civil law of Ukraine. The classification of forms of intersectional relations, offered by M.Yu Chelyshev, was taken as the ground of theoretical and methodological base of scientific research the intersectional relations between executive law of Ukraine and civil law of Ukraine. Even though this scientist-lawyer researched the intersectional relations of civil law, grounding on the subject of his scientific researches, his classification is stated as universal and grounded enough and can be used for different legal researches. In the scientific article the intersectional relations between executive law of and civil law of Ukraine are discovered though direction as follows: 1) intersectional interaction between executive law of Ukraine and civil law of Ukraine (it represents by using in executive law definitions and constructions of civil law. As an example of definitions and constructions of civil law, that are used in executive law, can be stated the definition of agreement); 2) intersectional influence between executive law and civil law (it represents by mutual influence of compositions of executive law and civil law, especially norms and institutions. The bright example of that mutual influence is the legal status of some kinds of property on the context of forfeiture the property – some kinds of property are out of forfeiture in the executive process, despite that property are out of turnover restrictions); 4) intersectional legal and collision regulation (it represents by direct and indirect mutual renvois between civil legislation and executive legislation. As an example can be used the direct renvoi to art. 28 of The Civil Code of Ukraine from subpar. 5 par. 2 sec. III of The Instruction of Compulsory Execution Organization, approved by The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine from 02.04.2012 under № 512/5).

Compulsory Portion in Hungary

2020 ◽  
pp. 345-365
Author(s):  
Lajos Vékás
Keyword(s):  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Law ◽  
European Law ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Deceased Person ◽  
The Family ◽  
Matrimonial Property Law ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law

Following the model of continental European law, Hungarian law introduced the compulsory portion in 1853, allowing in the closest blood-relatives to benefit from the estate of a deceased person against the testator’s wishes. In the course of the latest reform, the possible abolition (or at least limitation) of the compulsory portion was raised. However, at the time of the creation of the Civil Code of 2013 the legislator took the view that the compulsory portion had already taken root in the general legal awareness of the population and that its continuation could be justified. This view was strengthened by the fact that the majority of contemporary continental legal systems, in their quest for the protection of the family, tend to recognize a claim by the closest relatives to a compulsory portion. Traditionally in Hungarian law, the descendants and parents of the deceased were entitled to a compulsory portion in accordance with the order of intestate succession. Only since 1960 has the law also recognized the spouse as a person entitled to a compulsory portion. Previously the approach was that the spouse should be compensated through the rules of matrimonial property law and intestate succession. Since 2009 registered partners have been put in the same position as a spouse. Until 2014, the extent of the compulsory portion was one-half of the intestate share of the person entitled to a compulsory portion; today it is one-third.

scholarly journals Legal status of pets and pretium affectionis

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (89) ◽  
pp. 335-351
Author(s):  
Srđan Radulović
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
Solid Base ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Criminal Legislation

In domestic legal theory, as well as in judicial practice of the Republic of Serbia, there is a widely accepted standpoint that animals are property items, i.e. living movable assets in property law, and property items which increase the risk of damage in tort law. However, both views have been seriously challenged by the adoption of the Animal Welfare Act, and the subsequent amendments introduced into the Serbian criminal legislation. These norms have ultimately contributed to creating a solid base for reconsidering the legal status of animals and treating them as highly distinctive subjects of law. The current legal status of animals, including pets as a special legal category of animals which is the focal point of this paper, is debatable. Yet, the mere hint that there is a possibility to finally overcome the traditional "animal = object" concept creates an obligation to review all other civil law provisions and principles de lege lata, and especially de lege ferenda. In particular, using both analytical and normative method, the author analyzes the relevant provision of the Civil Obligations Act and the Draft Civil Code of Republic of Serbia, and examines the likelihood of awarding compensation (damages) for pretium affectionis (special affection and attachment) in case of death or injury caused to a pet.

scholarly journals Evaluation Concepts in Russian Codifications of Civil Law

Lex Russica ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 37-50
Author(s):  
V. G. Golubtsov
Keyword(s):  
Essential Feature ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Basic Evaluation

Based on general legal and civilistic experience in the study of evaluative concepts, the author investigates the general and the specific in their civil law nature. As the result of the study, the author draws the conclusion that the existence of evaluative concepts forms a distinctive essential feature of civil law as private law. It is noted, however, that the doctrine, law-maker and law-enforcer need basic guidelines that will allow to define objective criteria for nominating concepts as evaluative, as well as for determining the boundaries of their systematic interpretation. Also, the author concludes that the impact of evaluation concepts on legal regulation in private and public law is different. In civil law, depending on the localization in the text of the Civil Code, it is possible to distinguish two groups of evaluation concepts. The first group includes the basic evaluation concepts that allow us to see the goals, meaning and specifics of civil law regulation. The second group, in the author’s opinion, includes peripheral evaluation concepts that are utilized by property law and separate contractual constructions and the presence of which allows to avoid unnecessary causality and, at the same time, makes it possible to bring legal regulation closer to real relations.

scholarly journals Civil-Law Partnership in the System of Counteracting Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (AML/CFT)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Kamil Majewski
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Detailed Characterization ◽  
Legal Subjectivity ◽  
Terrorism Financing

This article addresses the problems of legal status of the so-called civil-law partnership, as specified in Art. 860 § 1 of the Polish Civil Code, from the point of view of performing the obligations in the area of counteracting money laundering and terrorism financing. First, the author provides a detailed characterization of this civil law institution and resolves that the civil-law partnership does not have legal subjectivity separate from its partners, and then points to the consequences of the above facts in the area of counteracting money laundering and terrorism financing. In conclusion, the author formulates a general conclusion that the obligations in respect of counteracting money laundering and terrorism financing, including financial safeguards, should be applied to the civil-law partnership partners, as customers in the understanding of Art. 2(2) item 10 of the Polish AML Act.

scholarly journals Transfer of property based on property law rules and contract law rules under forthcoming Kosovo draft-civil code

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-165
Author(s):  
Haxhi Gashi ◽  
Bashkim Preteni
Keyword(s):  
Civil Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Transfer System ◽  
Abstract System ◽  
Causal System ◽  
The Law

In most civil law jurisdictions, the contract is the most used derivative title for the transfer of ownership (movable and immovable property). Very often, the law of property and law of contract are seen as distinct and one can envisage their role from different legal perspectives. This is closely connected with the type of transfer system based on whether the (Austrian) causal system, (German) abstract system or (French) consensual system is applicable. Kosovo is in the process of civil law codification and the Kosovo Draft-Civil Code which has followed the application of the causal system of transfer of property and such an above mentioned interaction of these two branches of civil law is mandatory, and only with a common survey can the contractual transfer of property be illustrated. The aim of this paper is to focus solely on the influence of contract law rules in connection with the acquisition of ownership over movable and immovable property determined by Kosovo Draft-Civil Code.

scholarly journals Fragments of Europeanization of Georgian Property Law and Law of Obligations in the Context of Reception of German Law

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-156
Author(s):  
Tamar Zarandia ◽  
Natia Chitashvili
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
German Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Approximation Process ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Law ◽  
Legal Harmonization

AbstractThe present research article focuses on the description of the dynamics of Europeanization of two fundamental concepts of Georgian property law and the law of obligations—acquisition of a thing from a non-authorized alienator and the unified concept of breach of obligation—in the context of reception of German law. At the historical stage of formation of the Civil Code of Georgia (CCG), focusing on the conceptual framework of German civil law, the German law, in its turn, was an integral part of the Europeanization process. Hence, Europeanization influenced the development of Georgian civil law through the reception of German law. When referring to the reception of German law in this article we simultaneously mean the process of Europeanization of Georgian civil law, which penetrated not directly but rather through the reception of European (in this case, German) codification. The ongoing reform of Georgian civil law inevitably requires its legal harmonization with EU codifications in the context of central paradigms of acquisition of a thing from a non-authorized alienator and the unified concept of breach of obligation. Analysis of the dynamics and often contradictory root of the Europeanization of Georgian private law will enable scholars and legislators conduct legal approximation process on the basis of research-based recommendations.

scholarly journals Opieka wytchnieniowa jako nowe zadanie dla organów samorządu terytorialnego – przegląd dotychczasowej praktyki prawnej

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 144-161
Author(s):  
Wojciech Glac
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Respite Care ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Solidarity Fund ◽  
The Family ◽  
Families First

Respite Care as a New Task for Local Government Bodies: A Review of the Legal Practice to Date Respite care, also known as relieving care, is a form of supporting families of people with disabilities that require constant care, especially at home. The purpose of this type of support is to temporarily relieve the family or informal caregivers from the need to perform caring activities, which are then taken over by a specialized entity. It seems to be primarily an instrument of social assistance, and not, as it is sometimes misinter preted, of the healthcare system. The aim of this study is to analyse the current legal status regarding respite care, its place in the legal order and the support system for people with disabilities and their families. First of all, it is based on analysis of the literature as the main research method used. The article analyses the solutions adopted, among others, in the Act on the Solidarity Fund and Programmes titled Respite Care.

scholarly journals Improvement of the rules of civil law governing immovable property as objects of civil relations.

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-97
Author(s):  
Nargiza Ashurova
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Civil Code ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Priority Areas ◽  
The Republic

This article critically analyses legislative acts concerning the legal regime of real estate of the Republic of Uzbekistan and reviews the improvement of the legal status of real estate. In particular, on the basis of the legal characteristic of immovable property, peculiar aspects of the stay (finding) of immovable property in civil circulation, the priority areas of development of the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan are moving forward (hereinafter referred to as the Civil Code).

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