Ficti Possessores in the Modern Civil Law
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Ficti Possessores in the Modern Civil Law
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Authors
Dmitrii Malbin 
Occupation: Leading Expert, Institute of Problems of Administrative and Legal Regulation
Affiliation: National Research University “Higher School of Economics”
Address: Moscow, Russia
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78-92
Abstract

Modern civil science bypasses the study of fictitious possession of a thing and the responsibility of a person who introduced himself as the owner in a dispute over a vindication claim. Roman law was aware of the fictitious owner, who was responsible for the deception committed by him in a claim for the recovery of property in the amount of the value of the thing. Despite the fact that in modern law a person who does not own a thing cannot act as a defendant in a vindication claim, it is impossible to exclude the occurrence of situations when a person who does not actually own a thing becomes a defendant in a claim for the recovery of property, including for reasons related to this person, such as, for example, when recognizing himself the owner in a legal dispute. This issue has not been investigated in civil law science, and therefore a comprehensive study of the phenomenon of fictitious possession of a thing and the responsibility of a fictitious owner in modern civil law is necessary.

Goals and objectives of the study: to determine the grounds and conditions for bringing to civil liability a person who presented himself as the owner in a dispute over the claim of the owner for the benefit of the present owner.

Research methods: general methods of cognition, historical, formal and legal.

Research results: by itself, the deception of a fictitious owner does not entail the possibility of bringing him to civil liability, since the owner does not suffer losses from such an illegal action. However, losses arise for the owner as a result of the loss of a thing, for example, when, due to a long-term legal dispute with a fictitious owner, the actual owner manages to acquire the thing according to the statute of limitations of ownership. In this case, there are conditions for bringing the fictitious owner to civil liability (illegality, the presence of harm (loss), guilt, causal relationship). In addition, there are political and legal reasons for bringing a fictitious owner to civil liability, since with such an opportunity, the prevention of a civil offense and the protection of the rights of the owner are ensured.

Keywords
ownership, ownership right, vindication claim, civil liability, damages
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26.01.2023
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