The Prospects of Legal Norms Harmonization in the Field of Proprietary Rights in BRICS Countries (on the Example of Brazil and China)

Cover Page

Cite item

Full Text

Abstract

The article concerns the problem of prospects and ways of the legal norms harmonization in the field of proprietary rights in BRICS countries (on the example of Braziland China). The new Civil Code of Brazil adopted in 2002 was examined as the main act dealing with the rights in rem. It reflected all important changes which fixing was required in the Brazilian society during the modern period. In the field of the proprietary rights the emphasis was placed on establishment of the principle of social function of property, reducing terms of an acquisitive prescription and partial review of system of the proprietary rights in the codified act. The Chinese civil legislation is not codified yet, so Proprietary Rights Act of 2007 contents all basic provisions on the subject. This act fully fixes the social and economic features established in the Chinese society, considers traditions and customs, and also provides participants of a business community with a comprehensive protection of the proprietary rights. The law has features of the complex act as it contains a set of regulations of administrative and legal nature along with rules of the civil nature. In conclusion some proposals were formulated to reach the goal of the harmonization of BRICS countries legislation concerning rights in rem. The member-states of BRICS should understand the necessity to move to the harmonization and to continue adopting legal institutions of other legal systems with appropriate interpretation. The denial of conservatism in the determined rules may help to reach success and to harmonize the legislation of BRICS countries. The unification of civil legal regulation will give a good direction to increase the cooperation between member-states of BRICS.

About the authors

Natalia V Badaeva

People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

Author for correspondence.
Email: badaeva_nv@rudn.university

Institute of Law

6, Miklukho-Maklaya st., Moscow, Russia, 117198

References

  1. Badaeva NV. O vozmozhnosti garmonizatsii zakonodatel'stva v sfere prava sobstvennosti v stranakh BRIKS [Harmonization of Legislation Concerning Law of Property in BRICS Countries]. In: Sravnitel'no-pravovye aspekty pravootnoshenii grazhdanskogo oborota v sovremennom mire: sbornik statei Mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii pamyati professora V.K. Puchinskogo [Comparative and Legal Aspects of Legal Relationship of Civil Circulation in the Modern World: collection of articles of the International Scientific and Practical Conference by memory of prof. VK. Puchinsky; 2013 Oct. 18; Moscow]. Moscow: PFUR Publ.; 2013. Р. 8–18. (In Russian)
  2. Belikova KM. Pravovoe regulirovanie torgovogo oborota i kodifikatsiya chastnogo prava v stranakh Latinskoi Ameriki [Legal Regulation of Trade Relations and Private Law Codification in the Latin American Countries]. Moscow: Yustitsinform; 2010. (In Russian)
  3. Medvedev SN. Novyi grazhdanskii kodeks Brazilii [New Civil Code of Brazil]. In: Istoriya i teoriya gosudarstvenno-pravovogo razvitiya Rossii. Materialy nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii [History and Theory of State and Legal Development of Russia. Materials of the Scientific and Practical Conference; 20 Sep. 2002; Stavropol]. Stavropol: Stavropol'skii gosudarstvennyi universitet Publ.; 2002. Р. 198–202. (In Russian)
  4. Sorokovaya EA. Institut prava sobstvennosti v Federativnoi Respublike Braziliya, Respublike Kolumbiy ai RespublikeParagvai [Law of property in Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay]. In: Masharov IM, editor. Aktual'nye problemy yuridicheskoi nauki i pravoprimenitel'noi praktiki: Sbornik nauchnyk htrudov (po materialam VIII mezhdunarodnoi zaochnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii [Actual Problems of Jurisprudence and Law-enforcement Practice: collection of scientific works (on the Materials of the VIII International Distance Scientific and Practical Conference; 6 Nov. 2009)]. Part 2. Kirov: Filial NOU VPO «SPbIVESEP»; 2009. Р. 77–80. (In Russian)
  5. Cunha AS. The Social Function of Property in Brazilian Law. Fordham Law Review. 2011;80(3):1171–1181.
  6. Pilati JI. Property Law. In:Deffenti F, Barral OW, editors. Introduction to Brazilian Law. Nether-lands: Kluwer Law International; 2011. Р. 71–84.
  7. Medvedev SN. Grazhdanskii kodeks Brazilii 2003 goda [Civil Code of Brazil of 2003]. South-Russian Law bulletin. 2003;(2):28–33. (In Russian)
  8. Min DSh. The Chinese Property Rights Act 2007: Stages of Drafting and Adopting. RUDN Journal of Law. 2007;(5):120–124. (In Russian)
  9. Zilkova RM. Grazhdanskoe zakonodatel'stvo Rossii i Kitaya: obshchee i osobennoe [Civil Legislation of Russia and China: Common and Special]. In: Likhobabin VA, Razumovskaja MI, editors. Razvitie vzaimodeistvii v pravovom i ekonomicheskom prostranstve stran ATR: formal'nye i neformal'nye aspekty. Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii, posvyashchennoi 65-letiyu so dnya obrazovaniya Khabarovskogo kraya [Development of Interactions in Legal and Economic Space of Asia-Pacific Countries: Formal and Informal Aspects. Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference devoted to the 65 anniversary from the date of formation of Khabarovsk Region]. Khabarovsk: RITs KhGAEP; 2003. Р. 58–63. (In Russian)
  10. Imjej Ja. Civil Legislation in Modern China and Process of its Codification. Journal of Foreign Legislation and Comparative Law. 2006;4(7):26–29. (In Russian)
  11. Pils E. Chinese Property Law as an Image of PRC History; 2010. [cited 1 Feb 2017]. Available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1564448.
  12. Long Q. Reinterpreting Chinese Property Law. Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal. 2009;19(1);55–71.
  13. Chen X. Chinese Property Law (Rights in rem) in the Civilian Tradition. Transit Stud Review. 2009;16(2):421–428. doi: 10.1007/s11300-009-0071-4.
  14. Zhun F. Sravnitel'no-pravovoi analiz veshchnykh prav v grazhdanskom prave Kitaya i v grazhdanskom prave Rossii [The Comparative Legal Analysis of Real Rights in Chinese Law and Russian Civil Law]. In: Sravnitel'noe pravovedenie v stranakh Aziatsko-Tikhookeanskogo regiona. Materialy mezhdunarodnoi nauchno-prakticheskoi konferentsii [Comparative Jurisprudence in the Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region. Materials of the International Scientific and Practical Conference]; 19–22 June 2008; Ulan-Ude. Ulan-Ude: Buryatckogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta Publ; 2008. Р. 162–164. (In Russian)
  15. Shkittina DA. Regulirovanie imushchestvennykh prav v Konstitutsii KNR i Zakone «O veshchnykh pravakh v KNR» v kontekste kitaiskoi ekonomicheskoi reformy [Proprietary Rights Regulation in The Constitution of China and the Chinese Proprietary Rights Act in the Light of Chinese Economic Reform]. Constitutional and Municipal Law. 2008;(24):27–31. (In Russian)
  16. Badaeva NV. Protection of possession in the continental law system. RUDN Journal of Law. 2007;(5):159–162. (In Russian)
  17. Pashenko EG. Zakon KNR o veshchnykh pravakh [Chinese Proprietary Rights Act]. Tsivilist. 2008;2:11–16. (In Russian)
  18. Nesterova TJu. Proprietary Rights in the Legislation of Russia and China: Comparative-Law anal-ysis. Proprietary Rights in Russian and Chinese Legislation: Comparative Legal Research. State Power and Local Self-Government. 2011;(4):23–27. (In Russian)
  19. Li D. Kharakteristika zakona KNR o veshchnykh pravakh [Real Rights Act of China: common characteristic]. In: Pavel'ev EA, Shafirov VM, editors. Problemy sovremennoi yuridicheskoi nauki i praktiki: sbornik statei studentov, aspirantov i molodykh uchenykh [Problems of Modern Juris-prudence and Practice: collection of articles of students, graduate students and young scientists]. Vol. 1. Krasnoyarsk: SFU; 2011. p. 355–361. (In Russian)
  20. Gebhard R, Hinrich MJ. The New Chinese Property Rights Law: An Evaluation from a Continen-tal European Perspective. Columbia Journal of Asian Law. 2009;22(2):177–234.
  21. Medvedev AV. The Legal Regulation of Proprietary Rights in the People’s Republic of China: Comparison with Russian Law. Moscow Journal of International Law. 2011;1:83–98. (In Russian)
  22. Dzang L. Opyt kodifikatsii grazhdanskogo prava v Kitae [Codification Experience of Civil Law in China]. In: Khaskel'berg BL, Tuzov DO, editors. Tsivilisticheskie issledovaniya. Ezhegodnik grazhdanskogo prava [Civil researches. Year-book of civil law]. Issue. 3. Moscow: Statut; 2007. Р. 595–629. (In Russian)
  23. Zhang M. From Public to Private: The Newly Enacted Chinese Property Law and the Protection of Property Rights in China. Berkeley Bus. L.J. 2008;5(2):317–363. doi: 10.15779/Z38J87G
  24. Galkina MV, Ermakov SL, Frolova EE, Yastrebov OA. Ekonomicheskie i pravovye osnovy funktsionirovaniya bankovskogo sektora Rossiiskoi Federatsii [Economic and Legal Basis of Functioning of the Russian Federation Banking Sector]. International Journal of Experimental Education. 2011;(12):77–78. (In Russian)

Copyright (c) 2017 Badaeva N.V.

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

This website uses cookies

You consent to our cookies if you continue to use our website.

About Cookies