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10 Global J. Comp. L. 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/glojoucl10 and id is 1 raw text is: GLOBAL JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE LAW L 10 (2021) 1-4 GJC L BRILL N IJ H O F F brill.com/gjcl Re-codification of the Civil Law of Ukraine: On the Way to European Integration Vasyl Tatsiy Full Doctor in Law, Professor, Honorary President of the National Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine, Rector's Advisor of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine vasyLtat@unesp.co.uk In Ukraine's foreign policy, European integration is one of the highest prior- ities. This applies to all areas that are controlled by the authorities, as well as those supported by public organisations. When analysing and observing social processes that have been taking place in the past few years, to a certain extent, one can track the impact of European integration processes on society. There is active work taking place with young people in educational, health and social projects. Changes are being made in support of people with disabilities, namely, the needs of such people are beginning to be considered when con- structing buildings and laying roads, and in the technical planning of cities, but what is more significant is a change in the attitude of society towards such people. The main strategic document of the European integration processes is the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union. This agree- ment spells out Ukraine's obligations to the European Union, as well as what the European Union will contribute to on the path to European integration. This issue demonstrates how European integration has influenced and can affect Ukrainian legislation in the field of civil law. The essence of the Civil Code of Ukraine is presented, as well as how changes are taking place in finan- cial markets, in the protection of civil rights, intellectual property and inher- itance. Below we offer a closer look at the research vectors that are presented in this issue. Nataliia S. Kuznietsova, Oleksandr V. Petryshyn and Denys S. Pylypenko studied the Civil Code of Ukraine, namely the history of its creation, inno- vations that are occurring due to European integration and the conceptual foundations of the Code. The authors thoroughly analysed the code from the © KONINKLIJKE BRILL NV, LEIDEN, 2021 1 DOI:10.1163/2211906X-10010001