Participants of Digital Legal Relations: Trends in Law and Business

Abstract

Digital legal relations have undoubtedly become an important part of relations regulated under civil law and business. The socio-economic digital basis has set the main directions for the existence and functioning of the relevant legal superstructure and the practice of applying rules governing certain relations. In this regard, the legal status of digital intermediaries, including their legal capacity and tort, is of particular importance. It seems important to investigate the problems involving the grounds for holding aggregators and other digital intermediaries liable, as well as guarantees of protecting the rights of persons with whom these intermediaries interact. The legislation governing digital relations has undergone significant changes over the past few years. However, the complex of relations between digital intermediaries as new subjects of law and other persons remains unresolved, and the practice of imposing on such intermediaries civil and other types of legal liability is unsettled. In the paper, the author describes his approach to the consideration and solution of these problems.