Legislation on Private Property Rights to Land in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Main Stages of Development

Abstract

The first stage is the ancient period, characterized by the period of the emergence of the first state formations before the spread of Islam in the territory of Central Asia. An outstanding monument of this period is considered to be “Avesto” - the sacred book of Zoroastrianism, which regulated the socio-religious and moral norms of that time. The second stage in the development of property rights begins with the conquest of the Arab Caliphate (8th century) until the arrival of Soviet power (until the 1920 y.), where civil law relations were regulated by the norms of Muslim law. The third stage includes the period of Russian rule in Central Asia (1860-1991) until Uzbekistan gained independence. The fourth stage includes the years of independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1991 to the present). The chosen new path of transition to a market economy required the implementation of property reforms and a fundamental transformation of land ownership relations. The trend of changing the content of private ownership of land is not reflected in the current Civil Code, Article 170 of which is limited to referring the regulation of issues of ownership of land and other natural resources to other laws.