THE PLACE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF FAMILY LAW IN THE SYSTEM OF PRIVATE LAW SCIENCES

Abstract

The development and functioning of modern Ukrainian civil society are inextricably linked to the improvement of Ukrainian legislation and the development of legal sciences, in particular the system of private law sciences. With the adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine of the Civil Code and the Family Code, numerous legislative novelties and complex legal constructions have emerged, which require further study, comprehension, and the development of scientific approaches to the application of new regulatory legal acts in judicial and law enforcement practice.

The significance of legislative regulation of family relations is evidenced by the fact that the Family Code of Ukraine establishes legal principles and the foundations for regulating family relations that correspond to constitutional provisions and the general direction of state family policy. The purpose of this policy is to ensure conditions for the comprehensive development of the family, improve its welfare, and enhance the role of the family as the fundamental unit of society.

Considering the rapid development of private law doctrine, it should be noted that family law occupies a special place within the system of private law sciences. It exists at the intersection of civil law, labor law, and private international law, while at the same time possessing its own specific features and characteristics. These are primarily reflected in the subject-object composition and the content of legal relations. Therefore, family law should be defined as an independent branch of law that regulates personal non-property and property relations arising between spouses and children, adoptees and adoptive parents, guardians and wards, as well as other family members.