The Scientific Conference "The Reform of the Law of Obligations and the Russian Federation Economy Development" (held on April 7, 2017 within the framework of the IV Moscow Legal Forum): An Event Overview

The paper highlights the main aspects of the reports made at the Scientific Conference "The Reform of the Law of Obligations and the Russian Federation Economy Development" held on April 7, 2017, at the Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL), as well as summaries of the participants' reports. The Scientific Conference was devoted to the results of the reform of the Russian Federation Law of Obligations in the light of the new course of the Russian economy development, current tendencies in the civilistic science and the law enforcement practice. Also, the author draws the readers' attention to the court practice that contains new approaches to the interpretation of the contemporary Russian Law of Obligations. In this regard, the acts of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation were of particular importance for the speakers (for example, the Ruling of the Plenary Session °f the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation № 7 "On the application by the courts of certain provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation concerning liability for the breach of obligations" dated March 24, 2016, the Ruling of the Plenary Session of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated November 22, 2016 № 54 "On certain questions concerning the application of the general provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation concerning obligations and their execution" During the Conference, the participants and moderators presented and analyzed the main areas of contemporary civilistic science with regard to theoretical and practical problems of the Law of Obligations in the light of the Civil Law reform.

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