Regulation of Settlement Relations under Civil Law in the Context of Development of the Sharing Economy

The modern era is characterized by a rapid change in social relations, the emergence of new institutions, which has become a consequence of rapid development of technologies, their penetration into everyday life. Nowadays, measures are being taken to develop the digital economy. At the same time, the society is experiencing crisis phenomena, environmental problems, which, consequently, leads to changes in the culture of consumption of available limited resources: in the economy there is a tendency to shift from a society of consumption (consumerism) to the sharing economy. Indeed, the idea of the economy of joint use of goods and services (sharing economy, peering economy) is not a new one in itself, but it has gained new impetus in the context of the development of modern technologies, digitalization of the economy, when the creation of uniform technological platforms and marketplaces facilitates the unification and connection of an unlimited number of strangers. All this determines the relevance of the study of the features of civil law regulation of relations associated with the implementation of settlements in connection with the performance of obligations under the contracts concluded in the context of the sharing economy, determination of the possibility of using blockchain technology in this field and peculiarities of the legal regulation of relations in connection with its application. The article highlights that, at the present stage, different models of contractual relations are formed to mediate relations existing in the sharing economy, within each of these models there are peculiarities of performance of obligations, while the model of the sharing economy gives the possibility of using the blockchain technology, but its use is complicated by the lack of proper legal regulation of the relations under consideration.

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