Dovhań Halyna, The Development of Copyright Legislation in the Russian Empire and its Enforcement on Ukrainian Lands

Ukrainian lands had been divided among other states for a long period of time. As a result, foreign legislation was valid within these lands influencing the formation of law enforcement practice, legal culture and legal awareness a lot. In order to understand the current processes in this specific sphere it is worth looking at the previous experience. This may facilitate the interpretation of many of today's problems.