Fake transactions in Russian law: history and modernity

 
PIIS102694520013672-0-1
DOI10.31857/S102694520013672-0
Publication type Article
Status Published
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Occupation: Chief researcher of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameGosudarstvo i pravo
EditionIssue 2
Pages49-64
Abstract

This article examines the phenomenon of a fake transaction. The author shows the origin of this institution in the decisions of the civil cassation Department of the Governing Senate in the Russian Empire. In particular, it is shown that initially such decisions were about circumventing the law, then the idea of fictitious (imaginary) transactions was formulated, and only then were the imaginary and fake transactions differentiated. The Soviet approach was initially based on the division of the imaginary and feigned transaction with the indication reactions a fake transactions: nullity, but with the ability to save to cover its legal. The author analyzes the current legislation, judicial practice. The aim of the study is the determination of aggravating circumstances sham transactions, based on the legislative model of sham transactions, including the value at which regulatory provisions it is understood in the legal positions of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation, of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, courts of arbitration and courts of general jurisdiction, given the domestic doctrine and the experience of legal regulation. Based on the results of the study, the author formulated the main elements that form the model of a fake transaction in the law of the Russian Federation, including the qualifying features of a fake transaction.

Keywordstransaction, imaginary transaction, fake transaction, fictitious transaction, negative fiction, circumvention of legislation, invalidity of the transaction
Received21.12.2020
Publication date17.02.2021
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