The legislative regulation of the status of joint ventures in the ussr

Introduction: the paper is devoted to the joint ventures, international economic associations established and operating in the territory of the USSR. It is one of the first studies in the modern legal literature devoted to the analysis of the Soviet legislation determining the status of these types of economic entities. The aim of the study is to determine the legal nature of the joint venture as a legal entity, to identify the features of its legal capacity from the perspective of the civil law theory and practice. Results: the main problems that arise in the creation and operation of joint ventures, as well as the existing gaps in the Soviet legal space in the mechanism of the legal regulation of the organization and activities of entities with foreign participation are revealed. The peculiarity of the policy of the Soviet state in relation to business corporations, including joint ventures and international business associations, was a combination of administrative, legal and civil law methods of regulating their organization and activities.