Trofimova, E.V. Historical and legal aspects of making entrepreneurial subjects legitimate

Abstract: The article concerns the key approaches to the issue of provision of the legal status to the entrepreneurial subjects in global and Russian practice in various historical epochs (from the time of Ancient Rome to the current time). Much attention is paid to the Russian experience of making entrepreneurial subjects legitimate. Within the framework of this study the author studies the factors influencing the formation of rules for achieving collective and individual entrepreneurial status, key tendencies of development of the legal regulation. It was established that consequent liberalization of the procedure for making legal entities legitimate is a governing tendency within the global practice. The article also includes evaluation of the latest amendments in the registration procedure for legal entities in Russia from the standpoint of the above-mentioned pattern. The author considers that it is not viable for Russia to use the experience of foreign states, where persons gain status of entrepreneurs due to the very fact of performing entrepreneurial activities without special registration.

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