Studies On The System Of Usufruct

Usufruct refers to the right of the usufructuarious to use and benefit from others' possessions. It has been existed since the Roman Law times. It was used in heritance which is given to the cared-for by the household after death. With the development of society, the main European capitalism countries all make the system of Usufruct part of the system of personal servitude when they make the Civil code. The reason why this ancient system can be carried on by the modern Civil code lies in that it shows the principles of private law autonomy and protection of the fixed person's profit in the law of society. Meanwhile, it added a way to use the object of the owner. Our country is in the early period of the Market economy, we should introduce Usufruct into law no matter from protecting the profit of the fixed person in society or making use of object by carrying out the private law autonomy.By introducing Usufruct in foreign countries and combining the fact in our country, the article puts forward the idea of building Usufruct system for forests and grasslands. This will make our country's object right system more rational and have new break-through in using forests and grasslands.