Peculiarities of the institution of membership in non-entrepreneurial societies
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.35774/app2022.03.107Keywords:
non-entrepreneurial society, public association, consumer cooperative, membership rights, corporate rightsAbstract
The article is devoted to the theoretical and legal analysis of the peculiarities of the institution of membership in non-entrepreneurial societies as legal entities of the corporate type. The author of the article analyzed the concepts of understanding the essence of membership relations in non-entrepreneurial societies, and also outlined the proposition that the heterogeneity of the legal nature of non-entrepreneurial societies has an impact on the specificity of membership rights.
It is argued that membership, from the point of view of analyzing the content of the legal relationship between a non-entrepreneurial association and its members, has its own characteristics in comparison with the relations of participation in entrepreneurial associations. This feature is manifested in the lack of interest of the company member to increase his property assets by contributing them to the company. The nature of the benefit as a result of membership in a non-entrepreneurial society is different - receiving some benefits of a special nature arising from cultural, economic, social, ecological, religious or other interests. Thus, a member of a non-entrepreneurial society does not receive as a result membership is more than what was invested in the form of a contribution when creating a non-entrepreneurial society or paying membership fees.
In addition, membership in non-entrepreneurial societies is heterogeneous in its content, which is reflected in the list of rights that arise as a result of membership in various forms of non-entrepreneurial societies. Such heterogeneity is justified due to the various interests, in addition to profit, which can be guided by individuals joining members of one or another form of non-entrepreneurial society. Such interests, in the most general form, can be twofold: 1) interests of a non-property nature for obtaining non-property benefits, such as: religious, cultural, social, environmental, etc.; 2) interests of an economic nature, which are consumer interests and may have a property nature. For example, obtaining certain property benefits for personal consumption, which is characteristic of consumer societies, service cooperatives, etc. If in the first case the members of the society have non-property rights, then in the second case separate property rights may arise, related to their satisfaction of their consumer material needs. However, the article emphasizes that in both cases, membership in non-entrepreneurial societies does not determine a person's ability to receive as a result more than he invested. And this feature, despite the heterogeneity of membership, significantly distinguishes it from participation in business associations.
The need to take into account the specifics of membership rights that exist in certain types of non-entrepreneurial societies when improving the relevant legislation in this area is emphasized.
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