Starynskyi M. Currency Legal Relations: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects

The thesis is a complex research of theoretical and methodological aspects of currency legal relations. Some scientific notions and categories concerning the topic under research are defined, currency legal relations are characterized taking into consideration the modern development of Ukraine, and a concept to reform the system of legal regulation of currency relations in Ukraine is proposed. The thesis analyzes scientific approaches to promoting currency legal relations and defines them with regard to their contemporary developmental stage. Some peculiar features of currency legal relations are defined and studied, namely the following: a) they appear when currency and currency valuables are adopted, function and stop being used; b) they have a special legal status of the object; c) in addition to general agents, i.e. individuals and legal entities, an agent with a special legal status participates in them, always being present directly or indirectly - the National Bank of Ukraine; d) they mediate the currency policy of the state. The legal status of the objects in currency legal relations has been studied.