Right of public ownership of land plots in the Russian Federation: discussion issues

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to substantiate the existence of the form of ownership of natural resources (land) in the Russian law, unknown to European legal systems.

Design/methodology/approach

Dialectical method, historical method and system analysis method have been used.

Findings

The conducted research allows drawing a conclusion that non-delineated state form of ownership of land plots is a unique legal phenomenon caused by the specificity of the transition period of Russia from a totally state economy to a market economy. This inevitably leads to emergence of legal structures unknown to European systems of law and order. This issue has not only a theoretical but also practical nature.

Originality/value

Studies of this problem have never been conducted, neither in Russia nor in European legal science.

Citation

Anisimov, A.P. and Ryzhenkov, A.J. (2019), "Right of public ownership of land plots in the Russian Federation: discussion issues", Journal of Property, Planning and Environmental Law, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPPEL-09-2018-0027