Burdin M. Regulation of Land Relations in Ukraine (Second Half of the XVII - XX century): Historical and Legal, Institutional Dimensions.

The thesis is focused on the system analysis of the genesis of the content of "land relations", its impact on the development of the modern state and creative processes in Ukraine. In the context of the analysis of the developments of law historians of past generations and modern scientific thought the author has researched the evolution of branch belonging of the norms that regulated land relations, and on this basis the author has determined the peculiarities of the legal regime of the land as an object of public and legal, private and legal (property) relations. In the context of modern ideas and achievements of the general concept of the legal situation the author has characterized the legal status of the subjects of authoritative powers that regulated land relations in Ukraine since the formation of the Ukrainian Cossack state till the collapse of the USSR and the revival of the independent Ukraine. Within historical and legal scope, the author has demonstrated the dynamics of the development of legal, social and other status of owners and users of land ownership in Ukraine during the period stated in the research. The author has demonstrated the tendencies and characteristics, as well as he found out differences in the conduction of land policies and practices of legal impact on agrarian relations in the Ukrainian lands.