International experience of judicial protection of land rights and land courts in Russia

  • Roman Olegovich Melnikov Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Volgograd Institute of Management, Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Keywords: Judicial system, land disputes, judicial protection of land rights, land courts, environmental courts, land legislation.

Abstract

The article examines international experience in the field of judicial protection of land rights and settlement of land disputes. The author analyzes the legal structure of a series of countries of the world and the practice of the specialized judicial agencies. The positive experience of the work of land courts, achieved by different States, is summarized. The analysis of the jurisdiction of land and environmental courts of Australia, Scotland, Sweden, the USA, the Dominican Republic is conducted. On the basis of the conducted research the author gives reasons for a set of proposals concerning the organization of work of the specialized land courts in the Russian Federation. 

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Author Biography

Roman Olegovich Melnikov, Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Volgograd Institute of Management, Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

post-graduate student, Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, Volgograd Institute of Management, Branch of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration

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Published
2019-04-29
How to Cite
Melnikov, R. (2019). International experience of judicial protection of land rights and land courts in Russia. Amazonia Investiga, 8(19), 278-286. Retrieved from https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/229
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