Russian hereditary legislation: a review of recent changes and prospects
The relevance of the article due to the theoretical and practical importance of the issues in the sphere of legal regulation of relations of succession. The purpose of this article is to review recent amendments to the Russian inheritance law and to highlight the prospects of its development. Methods: This article contains general scientific (dialectic, analysis and synthesis) and chastnonauchnogo research methods (formal and legal, comparative legal, historical). Results for: in an article in a chronological order discussed the latest developments of the hereditary law, state the reasons and consequences of such changes. Also covered prospects of inheritance law. The authors conclude that in most cases the changes hereditary laws are not made with the purpose to improve the hereditary-legal regulation of social relations. The amendments aim to remove inconsistencies between different laws and amended legislation on inheritance. Implementation in the Russian law of succession of new institutions joint wills and inheritance contract requires additional study for compliance with the Russian tradition of hereditary-legal regulation.