Private Law Theory

Abstract:
This article traces the parallel developments of the Ukrainian transition from Soviet to post-Soviet law and from state to private property. To do this, the article is divided into four parts. The first examines the transition of the Ukrainian legal system from pre-Soviet to post-Soviet law. The second traces the microcosm of that transition as it occurred through the failed adoption of private property introduced in the law of post-Soviet Ukraine. The third demonstrates that the flawed approach by which private property has been adopted, with little if any real and effective regulation in post-independence Ukraine, has produced negative consequences for the Ukrainian people. The final part concludes.

Paul Babie, Ukraine’s Transition from Soviet to Post-Soviet Law: Property as a Lesson in Failed Regulation. East West Journal of Ukrainian Studies 02/2016; 1(1):3.

First posted 2016-02-01 11:18:19