Marchynskyy V. Legal Status of a Trust Company as a Subject of Civil and Legal Relations.

The dissertation is devoted to the of the problem of the legal status of a trust company as a participant of the civil and legal relations, the investigation of which is important both in theoretical and practical aspects. The notion of trust property, the structure and contents of the trust legal relations are conceptualized in this research; the issue of the place and role of trust companies in exercising of trust relations is investigated, the regulations of these relations in the new Code of Civil Processes of Ukraine are also under analysis. The author substantiates his own vision and proposals on the topical problems of the trust companies' activities as subjects of entrepreneurship, namely those suggestions which are directed at the perfection of the current legal provisions. A general concept of trust operations and their distinctive features are viewed; a comparative analysis of trust relations and reciprocal legal constructs of the continental law is carried out and the conditions of their reception by ways of introducing the institution of trust management of property into the law of Ukraine are defined.