Keyword: «draft law»

The present work analyses the draft law from 06.09.2017, № 261549-7 «About amendments to article 54 of the Federal law «About state registration of real estate», providing for the introduction of mandatory notarization for transactions with real estate owned by citizens living alone and by persons, who are under patronage and guardianship. It is emphasized that the innovation proposed by the authors of the bill certainly deserves attention, as it is another measure that promotes stabilization of real estate civil turnover by toughening of the transactions rules. However, this draft law has certain drawbacks that cast doubt on the prospect of its approval.

The main provisions of the Russian Federation Supreme Court draft law about the introduction of the procedure for judicial reconciliation are analyzed, the provisions about this procedure are compared with the existing norms about mediation. The author raises questions about the need to expand the scope of mediation application and assesses the relevance of the proposed changes to the Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. As a result, it is concluded that not all of the proposals can really prove to be effective, and some novelties must be revised.

The article is devoted to the issues of possible introducing the institute of geographical indication into the fourth part of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation as necessary for further progressive development of the country's economy. The author compares the concepts of "geographical indication" and "protected designation of goods origin" as similar, but also having certain differences that make up their essence.

In this work, the authors investigated the possibility of adopting amendments to the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, expanding the list of restricted property rights by introducing a right of building. The prerequisites for changing the existing legislation in the field of the providing land for the construction of buildings or structures are studied. The main provisions of the draft law about the right of building are considered. The authors identified the shortcomings of the right of building legal structure proposed by lawmakers.

The author makes an assessment of the legislative initiative to include the institution of criminal misconduct in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. In this regard, the contradictions in the development of criminal and tort-administrative law are revealed. The author justifies the proposal on the feasibility of radical reforming of these branches of legislation taking into account domestic legal assumptions.