The Civil Code of Ukraine – A Reliable Regulator of Civil Relations in Civil Society

Abstract

This article is a study of the Civil Code of Ukraine as the main regulator of civil relations in civil society. The history of adoption of the Civil Code of Ukraine and its conceptual foundations were reviewed. Particular attention is paid to the problem of dualism of private law in Ukraine. The structure and content of the Civil Code of Ukraine were analysed. Attention is also paid to the main novelties of the Civil Code of Ukraine. The principal rules for the regulation of legal entities were analysed. Novelties in defining the object composition of civil legal relations are considered. Particular attention is paid to the main directions of modern scientific research in the field of the civil law of Ukraine. The study confirms the urgent need for a thorough recodification of the Ukrainian civil law, with mandatory consideration of the experience of the implementation of modern recodifications in many European countries.