Round table “Changes in Civil Liability Jurisprudence” (November 30, 2016 within the framework of VI Moscow Legal Week): reports review (congratulations of Acting Head of the Department of Civil Law, Doctor of Law, Professor E.E. Bogdanova to the staff of the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL))

Abstract

The article deals with the main provisions of the reform of the civil law and legislation of the Russian Federation as applied to civil liability as a central theme of the Round table "Changes in Civil Liability Jurisprudence" held on November 30, 2016 within the framework o the VI Moscow Legal Week. Several years have passed since changes to the Russian law of obligations have been introduced. During this period of time the civil theory and law enforcement practice on several disputable questions have been developed. The article describes the main aspects of the reports of the Round table participants devoted to theoretical and practical problems of the civil law reform, in particular, issues related to the subjects and peculiarities of civil liability, the role of judicial practice in reforming and interpreting civil legislation with regard to liability, peculiarities of civil liability in French civil law, constituent characteristics and rules of applying pre-contractual liability, the scope, size and order of compensating damage inflicted in the sphere of criminal proceedings.