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Yuriy BasinKazakhstani lawyer, civilist
Date of Birth: 28.03.1923
Country:  Kazakhstan |
Content:
- Early Life and Military Service
- Education and Academic Pursuits
- Professional Career and Contributions
- - Professor of Civil Law at Kazakh State University (1990-1995)
- Legislative Accomplishments
- - Draft Civil Code of the Kazakh SSR (1963)
- Constitutional Advisory Role
- Mentorship and Legacy
Early Life and Military Service
On March 28, 1923, a renowned jurist was born in Artemovsk, Kharkov Oblast, Ukraine. His father was a bookkeeper, while his mother worked in the medical field. From 1941 to 1945, he proudly served in the Soviet Army during World War II. He initially trained as an infantry cadet in Rubtsovsk and Barnaul, before joining the active army in October 1943. On the front lines of the First Baltic and Leningrad fronts, he commanded rifle and anti-tank units, sustaining three injuries in battle.
Education and Academic Pursuits
After the war, he demobilized as a captain and resumed his studies. In 1949, he graduated with honors from the Almaty State Law Institute, earning a "jurist" qualification. In 1954, he defended his PhD dissertation on "Capital Construction Contracts" at the Institute of State and Law of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1965, he obtained his doctoral degree from Leningrad State University with a dissertation on "Problems of Soviet Housing Law."
Professional Career and Contributions
From 1966 onward, he held the title of professor. Throughout his career, he occupied various academic positions:
- Acting Dean of the Almaty Branch of the All-Union Correspondence Law Institute (1949-1950)
- Lecturer at the Academy of Justice of the Ministry of Justice of the Kazakh SSR (1950-1952)
- Lecturer and Assistant at the Almaty State Law Institute (1952-1955)
- At Kazakh State University (1955-1995): Assistant to Professor; Head of the Civil Law Department (1969-1990); Dean of the Law Faculty (1975-1985)
- Professor of Civil Law at Kazakh State University (1990-1995)
- Professor of Civil Law at the Kazakh State Law Institute (later University) (1994-1997)
Legislative Accomplishments
As a respected legal scholar, he actively contributed to the development of various legal codes and laws:
- Draft Civil Code of the Kazakh SSR (1963)
- Code on Marriage and Family of the Kazakh SSR (1969)- Housing Code of the Kazakh SSR (1983)
- Draft Soviet laws on property (1990) and Fundamentals of Civil Legislation of the USSR and Republics (1991)
During the early years of Kazakhstan's independence (1992-1998), he served as deputy chairman of a working group responsible for drafting over 40 laws, 38 of which were adopted. Notably, he contributed to the development of:
- Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (General and Special Parts)
- Laws on protecting and supporting private entrepreneurship, foreign investment, land, oil, subsurface resources and subsoil use, privatization, bankruptcy, mortgages, real estate registration, housing relations, limited and additional liability partnerships, individual entrepreneurship, and more.
Constitutional Advisory Role
In 1995, he was a member of the Expert-Consultative Council to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the drafting of the new Constitution. This body reviewed and summarized public feedback on the draft Constitution.
Mentorship and Legacy
Throughout his career, he nurtured and guided numerous talented students, supervising three doctoral and twelve PhD dissertations. Among his notable pupils are:
- Professor Anatoly Grigoryevich Didenko, co-founder of the Academy of Jurisprudence - Higher School of Law "Adilet"
- Dr. Ubaidulla Stamkulov, member of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Dr. Raihan Dosanova, lawyer and member of the Expert-Consultative Council of the Human Rights Commission under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Professor Kasym Mauletov, winner of the Ch. Valikhanov Prize in Science and member of the Scientific-Consultative Council of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
