
	Law and Politics Reference: Voronina, N. P. The legal nature of modern agricultural cooperatives in the UK, Germany, and France // Law and Politics. 2013. № 11. P. 1557-1569. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=52088 Voronina, N. P. The legal nature of modern agricultural cooperatives in the UK, Germany, and France Abstract: This paper considers the legal nature of agricultural cooperatives according to the legislation of the UK, Germany, and France. It reveals the history of legal regulation of cooperatives in 19th and 20th centuries and considers general trends in the legal framework for cooperatives in England, France, and Germany. The paper also details the norms of civil, commercial, and cooperative legislation which governs the activities of cooperatives, and outlines recent legislative changes in the legal status of cooperatives. It presents a range of models for legal regulation of foreign agricultural cooperatives and offers criteria for separating cooperatives from other legal entities. The paper concludes that despite the trend towards convergence of the legal status of cooperatives and other legal entities, most cooperatives retain a cooperative nature and identify themselves as such – as being subject to cooperative principles. In particular, this can be seen in the preservation of the cooperative model of governance and the distribution of profits which derive from the work contribution of cooperative members or their participation in the cooperative’s business activities. Keywords: cooperation, cooperative, agricultural cooperative, partnership, corporation, company, society, association, cooperative association, cooperative legislation This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Khoppert R., Karst B., Raynke G., Shtange U., Shaffland Kh-Yu., Vyul'ker Kh-D. Kooperativy v FRG. Pravovye aspekty. – M.,1993. – 30 s. 2. Shilova N.P. Sovremennye yuridicheskie modeli regulirovaniya sozdaniya i deyatel'nosti kooperativov v zarubezhnykh stranakh // Aktual'nye problemy rossiyskogo prava. – 2013.-№ 2. – S.174-181. 3. Tonkoshnurov I.V. Razvitie sel'skokhozyaystvennoy kooperatsii v Germanii v usloviyakh globalizatsii: Dis. … kand. ekon. nauk. – Abakan, 2011. – 179 s. 4. Salova M.S. Kooperativnye sistemy i modeli v agrarnom sektore: Monografiya / M.S. Salova. – M.: Izdatel'sko-torgovaya korporatsiya «Dashkov i K», 2012. –303 s. 5. Paptsov A. Razvitie sel'skokhozyaystvennoy kooperatsii v Evropeyskom Soyuze // Ekonomika sel'skogo khozyaystva Rossii. – 2007.-№ 3. – S. 19-20. 6. Paptsov A.G. Perspektivy razvitiya sel'skokhozyaystvennoy kooperatsii v XXI v. za rubezhom // Agropromyshlennoe proizvodstvo: opyt, problemy i tendentsii razvitiya. – M.: VNIITEIagroprom, 2002.-№ 3. – S. 1-10. 7. Petrovicheva Yu.V. Aktsionernoe zakonodatel'stvo Anglii i Rossii. Sravnitel'no-pravovoy analiz. – M.: Izdatel'stvo NORMA, 2002. – 240 s. 8. Bystrov G.E. Kooperativnoe zakonodatel'stvo Rossii i gosudarstv ES. – Berlin: Lambert, 2012. – 204 s. 9. Vasil'eva E.N. Osobennosti zakonodatel'nogo regulirovaniya deyatel'nosti kooperativov v stranakh obshchego prava // Sel'skokhozyaystvennaya kooperatsiya i pravo. – M., 1993. – S.115-130. 10. Pavlova E.I. Pravovoe regulirovanie organizatsii deyatel'nosti sel'skokhozyaystvennykh kooperativov za rubezhom (na primere Frantsii) / Sel'skokhozyaystvennaya kooperatsiya i pravo. – M., 1993. – S.130-146. 11. Tychinin S.V. Grazhdansko-pravovoe regulirovanie potrebitel'skoy kooperatsii v Rossii: Dis. … d-ra yurid. nauk. – SPb, 2004. – 399 s. 12. Makarova O.A. Korporativnoe pravo: Uchebnik. – M.: Volters Klaus, 2005. – 432 s. 13. Mogilevskiy S.D., Samoylov I.A. Korporatsii v Rossii: Pravovoy status i osnovy deyatel'nosti: ucheb. Posobie. – 2-e izd. – M.: Delo, 2007. – 480 s. 14. Korshunov P.N. Evropeyskoe kooperativnoe zakonodatel'stvo: uchebnoe posobie / P.N. Korshunov, pod red. N.D. Eriashvili. – M.: YuNITI-DANA: Zakon i pravo, 2008. – 75 s. 15. Volodina N.G., Golovina S.G., Podgorbunskikh P.E. Organizatsionnye modeli agrarnykh kooperativov. Monografiya. – Kurgan, Izd-vo KSKhA, 2009.-498 s. 16. E.A. Vasil'ev, Komarov A.S., Grazhdanskoe i torgovoe pravo zarubezhnykh gosudarstv: Uchebnik. Otv. red. E.A. Vasil'ev, A.S. Komarov. – 4-e izd., pererab. i dop. V 2-kh t. – T. 1. – M.: Mezhdunarodnye otnosheniya, 2006. – 560 s. 17. Dubovitskaya E.A. Evropeyskoe korporativnoe pravo. 2-e izd. – M.: Volters Kluver, 2008. – 261 s. 18. Zhalinskiy A., Rerikht A. Vvedenie v nemetskoe pravo. – M.: Spark, 2001. – 767 s.

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