Civil Legal Communities in the Context of Sharing Economy

Abstract

The development of the economy of shared consumption (sharing economy) is recognized as one of the markers of the digital economy. Innovations and advances in digital technologies contribute to the creation of a large number of IT platforms that bring together an unlimited number of participants able to share resources. In what organizational and legal form is the activity within the framework of sharing economy permitted? Today, business and non-profit entities work in the field of sharing economy. The participation of business entities reflects the ideas of access economy, within which the features of a market economy are preserved. Associations of persons that do not seek profit may be formed in the form of a non-profit organizations or act as a civil law community with the right to make decisions incurring legal consequences on behalf of the associations without the status of a legal entity. The role of civil law communities for the development of models of sharing economy is great, so the rules governing their activities need further improvement.