PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PLEDGE SECURITY FUNCTION Kopasova Iraida Vasiljevna. <...> Position: Lecturer in civil and arbitration process chair. <...> Place of employment: The State Higher Educational Institution of Professional TraininР “TСe Russian Law Academy of the Russian Federation Ministry of Justice”, The Middle Volga branch (Saransk). <...> E-mail kopasova-i@mail.ru Annotation: The article is devoted to the legal regulation of pledge relations in Russia. <...> On the basis of analysis of past and expected law changes the author proposes the ways to eliminate contradictions in the legal regulation of pledge. <...> L.A. Kasso The concept of a security interest in modern law. <...> The concept of civil legislation of the Russian Federation (approved by the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for the codification and improvement of civil legislation Oct. 7, 2009) // Garant 3. <...>