Problems of Unification of Conflict Rules in the Field of International Inheritance Relations

The article considers issues related to the problems of unification of conflict rules in the field of international inheritance relations, regulation of international inheritance relations. Legal relations with a foreign element are the most interesting to determine the state of their settlement, the compliance of such regulation to the interests of participants in inheritance relations with a foreign element and society not only domestic inheritance law but also inheritance law of foreign states. Conflict norms in the system of sources of legal regulation of hereditary relations with a foreign element are analyzed. The topical problems of conflict regulation of hereditary relations by means of multilateral international agreements are covered. The complication of the legal regulation of international inheritance relations arises due to conflicts between the substantive legal norms of different, as states carry out the legal regulation of inheritance relations in accordance with national law. The essence of a foreign element in inheritance relations is that the testator, all or some of the heirs may be citizens of different states, reside in different countries, and the inherited property may be in different states. One of the tools that operates in the regulation of inheritance relations are international treaties. The most effective way to unify the rules of inheritance today are international treaties, and they eliminate differences between both substantive and conflicting rules of states in this area. The definition of the concept and legal nature of unification in private international law is analyzed. It is proposed to continue the unification of conflict rules in the field of inheritance in order to properly regulate inheritance relations with a foreign element. Such important issues for the development of the legislation of Ukraine as the inheritance trust and the inheritance agreement in the context of the development of the inheritance legislation of Ukraine and the unification of conflict rules in the field of inheritance are considered