Notariat - odin iz drevneyshikh institutov, obladayushchiy polnomochiyami po pridaniyu dokumentam yuridicheskoy sily i svoystv publichnoy dostovernosti. V dannoy rabote rassmatrivaetsya sushchestvuyushchaya sistema notariata i notarial'noy deyatel'nosti, a tak zhe perspektivy ikh razvitiya, opredelyayutsya sposoby i mekhanizmy zashchity prav grazhdan i yuridicheskikh lits, osobennosti ispolnitel'noy sily notarial'no udostoverennykh dokumentov.