Property Rights and the Right to Respect for Privacy in the Inheritance of Digital Objects in the Law of the European Union and at the Level of the Commonwealth of Independent Statest
https://doi.org/10.24833/2073-8420-2025-2-75-35-46
Abstract
Introduction. The purpose of this article is to analyze the regulatory legal acts adopted at the EU and CIS level aimed at regulating inheritance, as well as establishing the legal regime of crypto assets and other digital assets and objects, and to identify the main approaches and concepts contained in these documents.
Materials and methods. The regulatory documents at the EU and CIS level related to inheritance, the right to respect for private life, with the establishment of legal regimes in relation to individual digital objects are analyzed. A comparative analysis of various concepts and approaches expressed in various documents is performed, recommendations are proposed for the possible regulation of the relevant relations in the Russian Federation.
The study uses comparative and dogmatic methods, as well as a formal-logical method using an axiological approach.
Results of the study. The conducted analysis allowed us to establish certain differences in the legal regulation of the relevant relations at the EU and CIS level, as well as general approaches to regulation, indicated in the article. Recommendations are formulated for the possible regulation of the relevant relations at the level of the Russian Federation.
Discussion and conclusion. The study showed that the principle of national treatment, enshrined in national laws and international acts, forms the basis for the unification of norms governing labor relations complicated by a foreign element
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For citations:
Shipikova A.G. Property Rights and the Right to Respect for Privacy in the Inheritance of Digital Objects in the Law of the European Union and at the Level of the Commonwealth of Independent Statest. Journal of Law and Administration. 2025;21(2):35-46. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2073-8420-2025-2-75-35-46