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There are no proper laws in Ukraine that regulate surrogacy to the necessary extent. This is particularly evident when intended parents are foreigners. According to Article 123 of the Family Code of Ukraine, parenthood is recognized based on genetic...

Short-term rentals in multi-owned buildings – interplay between public and private restrictions on the provision of short-term accommodation services The text discusses the rise of cross-border short-term rentals facilitated by online platforms...

The prolegomena, "What protects private law against misinterpretation?", by Prof. Christian von Bar, deals with the question of which instruments objective law uses to protect private law against misinterpretation. It also discusses whether, how and...

The following article by Prof. Lajos Vékás deals with the historical backgrounds of European civil law codifications, as well as their range and impacts on nowadays’ societies. Firstly, the article characterizes the traits and values of private...

The Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic declared itself sovereign in 1990 but did not replace the 1978 constitution until 1994. Already in 1996, under the new President Lukashenko, a constitutional reform followed which provided for a strong...

Ukrainian administrative law is a young field of law. For a long time, some criminal law criteria dominated here, such as the strict view of the specificity of a legal authorization for the encroachment on citizens’ rights. In administrative law,...

The entry into force of the Law on Administrative Procedure on 15 December 2023, is a significant event in the life of the Ukrainian state, for its national legal culture, for the modernization of its administrative law and for the development of an...