This study analyzes the peculiarities of the formation of modern civil legislation and peculiarities of its application in Ukraine, during the period of martial law. With the help of philosophical, general scientific and special legal methods and approaches, the legal nature of civil legal relations, the dynamics of their development and the mechanism of regulation under the conditions of a special legal regime were investigated. The expediency of showing a separate section in the Civil Code of Ukraine, which would contain temporary provisions providing legal guarantees for the period of war, for the implementation and protection of civil rights and interests of a person, additional obligations of the state to protect civil rights and interests, is based on social necessity. In the conclusions it is indicated that there is a scientific need to clarify the concept of updating the civil legislation of Ukraine with the key role of an anthropological approach, as a methodological basis for future recoding, and compliance with the principle of legality, proportionality of restrictions, proper definition of prerequisites for establishing restrictions on civil rights and the correct assessment of the degree of danger of occurrence of relevant circumstances.