Sharing economy in Russia: vectors of development of civil legislation

Abstract

The purpose of the given research is to shape developments of civil legislation which will facilitate the legal framing of adequate mechanisms of civil regulation of relations in the sphere of shared use of goods and services (sharing economy) under growth of digital technologies. The research reviews and analyses basic ideas of economic and legal sciences. It studies empiric material such as sample contracts and cases of judicial practice. The main research methods were deduction (specification of general principles and their application to particular spheres), induction (the study of work arrangement of certain platforms under sharing economy and further specification of general principles), and method of comparative law. Sharing economy activities may be diverse. It can be of profit-seeking or non-profit character. Participants of sharing economy can be considered commercial and non-commercial organizations, citizens, and civil communities which are not legal entities, and it results in the necessity of solving the problem of their legal standing so that they can take part in civil transactions.