Voynikanis E.A. Codifi cation of law and its intricacies in the area of intellectual laws: the theoretical and legal aspects

Abstract: This article expounds conceptual issues relating to the codification as a legal phenomenon and the specifics of its realization pertaining to the area or regulation of intellectual laws. The purpose of codification is the development and improvement of the legal system as a whole based on the demands of modern society. The article sheds light on the key approaches to the codification of laws on intellectual property within foreign nations. During the course of research, the author used general scientific (comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction, generalization) methods as well as private methods of observation (formal-dogmatic, legal comparative, and others). In author’s opinion, an artificial conservation of a functioning system of regulation by codification, in a long run can cause just as much harm as careless reforms, to which even the Civil Code is unable to mount an effective opposition.

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