THE CORPORATE NATURE OF POLITICAL PARTIES
The article deals with the peculiarities of legal regulation of political parties as corporate entities. The author analyzes the norms of the legislation on political parties and civil law legislation governing the activities of non-profit (public) corporations and the legal regime of their property. On the basis of comparative legal analysis of the features of political parties, commercial corporations and non-corporate entities, the author came to the conclusion that the legal nature of political parties is complex and combines elements of a commercial Corporation, primarily economic societies, as well as signs of institutions in connection with the implementation of the property rights of the political party and its regional offices.