Comparative Legal Analysis of the Possession and Property Claims

Abstract

The planned introduction of thepossession and possession protection institutions at the legislative level, along with the existing institutions of proprietorship, limited property rights, and bona fide prescription possession, predetermined the need for a detailed analysis of the proposed provisions of the Draft Federal Law No. 47538-6/5 “On the Amendments to Section Two of Part One of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation” (further in the text — the Draft) and their relationship with the existing norms of civil law. The performed analysis and comparison of the norms of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation further in the text — the Civil Code) on the property rights (vindication, negatory, claim for recognition of rights) protection, bona fide prescription possession protection (claim of a bona fide prescription owner under clause 2 of Article 234 of the Civil Code) with the provisions planned for introduction into the Civil Code and possession protection (possession claim) revealed common features and differences in the constructions of the considered claims, contradictions between the provisions of the Draft and the Civil Code, gaps in the provisions of the Draft. Based on the analysis, the author proposes the following conclusions: the construction of the possessioner’s claim provides the possibility for circumventing the vindication rules by the titular owner; there is no need to consolidate the claim for the protection of the bona fide prescription possession along with the possessory action.