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History of the Department

The Department of Civil Law and Trial was established on January 18th, 2001 to ensure the teaching of basic civil legal educational subjects, creating the necessary educational and methodical basis, making scientific researches on the problems of civil law and trial, family and labour legal relations, international private law and legal ensuring of professional activity and to ensure the ability to acquire practical skills of students in practical training.

From August 2002 till 2005 the Department was headed by L. S. Netska, PhD (Law), associate professor. During this period the teaching of educational subjects at the Department was made by: R. A. Kalyuzhnyi, DSc (Law), professor; V. V. Luts, DSc (Law), professor, Academician of the Academy of Legal Sciences of Ukraine.
From 2005 till 2014 the Department was headed by N. V. Filyk, PhD (Law), associate professor, who made considerable efforts to involve the leading specialists in the sphere of civil law and trial and labour law to the Department's activity, as well as ensure the effective work of the Department's teaching and subsidiary staff.
From 2014 till July 2015 the Department was headed by R. O. Mashukov, PhD (Law).

Since July 1st, 2015 the Department is headed by S. V. Vyshnovetska, DSc (Law), professor.

In 2010 the Department's specialization was expanded and at present it has civil and labour law specialization.
The perspective Department's activity directions are selection and training of young professionals by postgraduate study, creation of scientific and methodical basis, development of software to be used in the latest information technology, scientific research and deepen study of civil law cycle.

During the Department's existence its teachers presented a number of candidate and doctor theses, in particular:

In 2008 Yu. A. Zadorozhnyi presented candidate thesis on the theme "Roman Law as the Doctrinal Fundamental Principle of Law and Legal Science in the Countries of Roman and Germanic Law Family and Ukraine";
In 2008 S. Ya. Vavzhenchuk presented candidate thesis on the theme "Constitutional Bases of the Executive Authority Development in Ukraine";
In 2009 N. V. Daraganova presented candidate thesis on the theme "The Administrative and Legal Status of the Aircraft Crew in Ukraine".
In 2010 Kh. V. Kmetyk presented candidate thesis on the theme "International and Legal Problems of Functioning of Transnational Corporations";
In 2010 T. V. Rudnyk presented candidate thesis on the theme "Realization of the Principle of Humanism during Execution and Serving of Punishment as a Kind of Imprisonment";
In 2010 E. S. Gusaryeva presented candidate thesis on the theme "Justice as a Constituent Part of Legal Systems of the Contemporary Countries of the World and Ukraine";
In 2014 O. O. Starytska's presented candidate thesis on the theme "Institute of Protection of Consumers' Rights in the Independent Ukraine (Theoretical and Legal Research)";
In 2016 N. V. Trotsyuk presented candidate thesis on the theme "Administrative and Legal Defence of Copyright";

Also in June 2014 S. V. Vyshnovetska presented doctor thesis on the theme "Methodology of the Labour Law Science". In 2015 T. M. Yamnenko presented doctor thesis on the theme "Realization of Rights in Financial Legal Relations: Problems of Abuse and Proving Unlawful Conduct".

At present the teaching and professorial staff of the Department of Civil Law and Trial consists of 13 persons, namely: the Head of the Department – S. V. Vyshnovetska, DSc (Law), professor; 3 professors – Kozhevnikova V.O. DSc (Law), Diduk A.G. PhD (Law), T. M. Yamnenko DSc (Law); 7 associate professor's – G. M. Grabovska PhD (Law),  M. P. Dyban, PhD (Law), R. V. Padun, PhD (Law), V. V. Filinovych, PhD (Law), B. S. Shcherbyna, PhD (Law), Sukhodolska A.A.PhD (Law), V. V. Nikitin PhD (Law); 2 senior lecturers – N. F. Hotsyanovska, I. A. Slobodska.

The Department of Civil Law and Trial provides teaching of 24 educational subjects, the learning of which ensures forming the future specialists in the sphere of civil, civil and trial, family, international private and labour law.

At present the main directions of the Department's methodical and research activity are study of problems of civil law, in particular, legal regulation of civil legal relations during formation and development of air transport industry, questions on legal description of civil law subjects, problems of legal regulation of delictual liability, questions on protection of rights to the intellectual property objects, questions on legal regulation of family and hereditary legal relations, methodological problems of labour law general theory.

The educational and methodical complexes were developed and a number of educational accessories and textbooks on the basic courses were published by the efforts of the Department's professorial and teaching staff, namely: "Civil Law", "Family Law", "Civil Trial Law", "Intellectual Property Right", "Comparative Private Law", "Labour Law", "International Private Law", "Corporative Law", "Social Safety Law", "Housing Law", "Civil Contracts in Bank Activity", "Civil and Legal regulation of Medical Services", "Problems of Labour Law".
 

Under the supervision of the Department's teaching staff students are actively engaged in scientific work, the results of which are annually presented by them on the "Days of Science" of the Law Faculty and on the conferences.

Upbringing of students' legal culture, respect to the human rights and freedoms are the fundamental component of activity of every member of the Department during the lectures or in extracurricular time, i.e. in the University and hostels, during excursions and meetings with interesting people who works in legal institutions, human rights organizations, law unions. The Department's teaching staff regularly meets with students to discuss all necessary questions and it is actively engaged in agitationtional activity in schools in Kyiv and regions.

Scientific and Pedagogical Personnel of the Department of Civil Law and Trial

Vyshnovetska Svitlana Vasylivna – the Head of the Department, D.Sc. in Law, professor;

Kozhevnikova Victoria Alexandrovna - professor of the Department, D.Sc. in Law, associate professor;

Chernega Vitaliy Mykolayovych – professor of the Department, D.Sc. in Law, professor;

Diduk Alla Grygorivna - professor of the Department, PhD in Law, associate professor;

Trotsyuk Nina Valeriyivna – associate professor of the Department, PhD in Law, associate professor;

Kmetyk Khrystyna Volodymyrivna – associate professor of the Department, PhD in Law, associate professor;

 Filinovych Valeriya Viktorivna – associate professor of the Department, Candidate of Juridical Sciences, associate professor, doctoral student;

Dyban Maksym Petrovych - associate professor of the Department, PhD in Law;

Beluga Yuliya Mykolayivna – senior lecturer of the Department.

Priority Directions of Scientific Work of the Department of Civil Law and Trial

List of Subject of the Department of Civil Law and Trial

1. Civil law
2. Civil and family law of Ukraine
3. Simeine right
4. Civil process
5. Fundamentals of civil law and process
6. Labor is the right and the right of social welfare
7. The right of intellectual power
8. Civil-procedural documents
9. Zhitlov right
10. International private law
11. Notary
12. Spadkov's right
13. Problems of underwhelming goiters
14. Problems of labor law
15. Labor law
16. Intellectual Property Rights
17. Civil Law
18. Civil Trial
19. Civil and Family Law of Ukraine
20. Labor Law and Social Security Law
21. Housing Law
22. Internet Law and Fundamentals of Cyberse
23. Family Law
24. International Private Law

List of Scientific Works of Teachers of the Department of Civil Law and Trial (download)

Scientific Groups of the Department of Civil Law and Process:

Actual issues of intellectual property law

Topics of meetings of the student scientific group "Actual issues of intellectual property law" for the 2020/2021 academic year:

1. The concept, subject and method of intellectual property law.

2. The author and other subjects of copyright.

3. The site as an object of intellectual property.

4. Related rights of the performer.

5. Patent law.

6. Trademarks as means of individualization.

7. Domain names as a means of individualization.

8. A geographical indication of the origin of the goods.

Actual issues of civil law

Topics of meetings of the student scientific group "Actual issues of civil law" for the 2020/2021 academic year:
 

1. The concept, subject and method of civil law.
 

2. Objects of civil law.
 

3. Features of civil relations and legal proceedings.
 

4. General requirements for the writing and design of scientific papers.
 

5. Protection of property rights.
 

6. Statute of limitations in civil law.
 

7. Legal regulation of inheritance relations.
 

8. Features of scientific publication and its importance for the development of student scientific work.
 

9. Responsibility in civil law.

Scientific adviser: Ph.D., Associate Professor Shcherbina B.S.