Comparative Legal Analysis of Hereditary Institution Contract in Russia, France and Germany Law

The article presents a study of topical problems of the institution of a hereditary contract in the law of Russia, France and Germany. In the study, general scientific and particular scientific methods were used, such as: analysis, comparison, structural, systemic and functional approaches, etc. The basis of scientific research was the method of comparative analysis, which made it possible to identify the most pressing and conflicting nuances of the legal structure of the inheritance contract. An analysis of the legal norms, doctrines, judicial and notarial practices in the law of Russia, France and Germany allows us to conclude that the advantages of the legal structure of the inheritance contract for the testator are not obvious. In addition, this institution is characteristic and traditional for German inheritance law, where it was originally formed at the end of the 19th-20th centuries. Until 2016, French legislation abandoned the institution of an inheritance contract, however, after the adoption of EU Directive No. competence, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions, acceptance and enforcement of public certificates in inheritance cases, as well as on the issue of introducing a single European certificate of inheritance "French legislators recognized the inheritance contract as a way of disposing of the testator's property, but with a clause that allows only recognition of inheritance contracts concluded in other EU countries. Institutionalization of the legal structure of the inheritance contract in Russian civil law from 06/01/2019. raises many questions from a legal and practical point of view, moreover, the lack of sufficient scientific research into the practice of concluding inheritance contracts in foreign countries, the study of notarial and judicial practice leaves the fate of article 1140.1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation is relatively uncertain. In the modern world, legislators of countries are in the process of finding and developing the most effective legal way to dispose of the testator's property in the event of death. However, the introduced legislative innovations, as a rule, require a large-scale scientific research based on the socio-economic policy of the state and the needs of the formed social relations. In the case of arbitrary copying of the legal norms of foreign countries, domestic legislation does not develop, but rather destructures.

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