Legal regulation of inheritance of corporate rights under the laws of Ukraine and EU countries

Abstract

The importance of studying this topic lies in the fact that in the context of social change and globalisation, which are taking place at this stage of societyʼs development, the role of inheritance remains significant. The area of inheritance has always been and will be the most relevant in civil and commercial law. Therefore, inheritance will always be an object of practical and scientific research. The purpose of this article was to study and compare the legal regulation of inheritance of rights of legal entities under the laws of Ukraine and the EU countries. The methodological basis of the work was the general scientific methods of cognition, which include the methods of scientific abstraction, induction, deduction, logical generalisation and extrapolation. This article analysed the inheritance of rights of legal entities of various types. On the basis of this analysis, a conclusion was made about the relevance of addressing the problematic aspects of inheritance of rights of legal entities in Ukraine and the compliance of national legislation in this area with the legislation of the EU countries. A comparison of the legal regulation of corporate rights inheritance in Ukraine and the EU countries is made. The article dealt with the issues of inheritance of rights of legal entities in limited liability companies and joint stock companies. The article also highlighted the aspect of possible future changes in civil and commercial legislation. The study proposed amendments to the Civil Code of Ukraine in the area of inheritance of rights of legal entities. In particular, it was proposed to supplement the Civil Code of Ukraine with a new definition of the concept of “inheritance of rights of legal entities”. The research also defined what rights may be inherited by legal entities. This work can be used as a tool for further research of the issues of inheritance of corporate rights within the framework of development and improvement of legislation on this topic.