Abstract
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The aim of the article is to present the common features of present disputes concerning the once socially owned immovable property in Slovenia and other Ex-Yugoslav countries, and to analyze their causes originating in the old Yugoslav socialist law. First, the main characteristics of the former legal regime of social property in immovables (land and buildings) are presented, followed by a review of the main mechanisms of its transformation into classic property in Slovenia. Typical irregularities in these transformation processes and afterward challenges faced by practice and the judiciary are analyzed and sourced back to specific features of the social property regime, followed by a discussion of the legal remedies available to the legitimate owners to protect their rights in such situations. A special focus is placed on the problems regarding privatization of the so-called ‘functional land’, i.e. land serving the buildings constructed on socially owned land.</jats:p>