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Protection of land ownership of foreigners in Ukraine
Protection of land ownership of foreigners in Ukraine

Author(s): Dmytro Fedchyshyn, Iryna Ignatenko
Subject(s): Civil Law
Published by: Societatea de Stiinte Juridice si Administrative
Keywords: ownership rights; acquiring of land; agricultural lands; limitation of the rights of foreigners; land ownership; land rights;

Summary/Abstract: The restrictions and peculiarities of the realization of the right of ownership of land by foreign citizens in Ukraine are considered. The emphasis is placed on the functioning of the principle of proportionality, the provision and criteria of predictability by the law and compliance in relation to the restriction of the rights of foreigners inacquiring agricultural land. The peculiarities of acquisition of the right of ownership on land plots and rights to use land plots in Ukraine by foreign citizens, foreign legal entities and foreign states are revealed. The authors formulate the purpose of legal regulation of restrictions on the right of ownership of foreigners to land. The primary focus of the paperis efficiency analysis of the legislative prohibition on acquiring property rights on agricultural lands (moratorium) by foreigners in Ukraine. The need to abolish this moratorium on acquiring agricultural land in Ukraine for citizens of foreign countries is justified.

  • Issue Year: 8/2018
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 27-38
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English