Information as an object of civil rights in the updated civil code of Ukraine: problems of definition and main features

Abstract

Nowadays the processes of democratization, liberalization, integration of Ukraine into European and world space take place. Theundisputed significance for these processes is the signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union.Thus, the rapprochement of Ukraine with the European community, which has taken place in recent years, affects the sphere of privatelaw relations, which make up the subject matter of civil law. All mentioned above facts affect the development of the system of civilrights objects in Ukraine. That is why the issues related to the legal regulation of information as an object of civil rights are relevant.Having analyzed current doctrine of civil law, we can conclude that nowadays researchers are paying more attention to a deepunderstanding and study of the general provisions of the system of civil rights objects in general and various aspects and problematicissues of it in particular. Special attention is paid to features of information as an object of civil rights, which give grounds to highlightinformation as a specific legal object and analyze its legal regulation.To our mind, one of the main problems of information as an object of civil rights is its complex legal nature. That means informationcan be treated as intellectual property object, personal intangibles, information product, corporate information. Therefore, informationshould be regulated as non-property object of a special kind.The main approaches of current doctrine of civil law let us outline some problems referring to concept and features of informationas an object of civil rights. Taking into account a process of recodification of civil legislation which is being actively introduced inUkraine nowadays we suppose that the most relevant problems can be solved during recodification process.It is important to stress that analysis of scientific positions gives an opportunity to conclude that finding solution to certain debatableissues referring to concept and features of information can not only stimulate the further development of the doctrine of civil law,but also increase the level of application of civil law norms.