scholarly journals Smart Contract: The Concept, Legal Nature, Features of Conclusion and Execution

Legal Concept ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 54-60
Author(s):  
Nizami Safarli

Introduction: the paper is devoted to a new phenomenon in business activity in the conditions of IT development that contribute to the creation of secure contractual relations on the Internet on the basis of transactions executed through smart contracts. The author notes that the need for amendments that could fill the loopholes in the current legislation is obvious. And, first of all, it concerns Blockchain technology – the algorithm that mediates the safe development, conclusion and execution of smart contracts. Blockchain technology is considered in the paper as one of the safest means for concluding and executing smart contracts. The author argues that the study of the concept, legal nature and essence of smart contracts is relevant in the light of spreading their share in the total array of transactions in the world economy in conjunction with the changing domestic legislation governing the relevant sphere, as well as the international integration processes affecting the intensification of foreign economic activity of the Russian Federation. The smart contract concepts formulated by the Russian legislator in the process of upgrading the array of statutory regulation under conditions of economy digitalization are studied and compared. The features of conclusion and protection of the smart contract in the civil legislation of the Russian Federation are analyzed. In order to fully articulate the concept of the smart contract, reflecting its essence, functional purpose and legal nature, it is proposed to create a special law that would focus on the conclusion and implementation of “the smart contract” and the specification of the general norms of the civil code. At the same time, the norms of other special laws would supplement and correct the provisions fixed by this act depending on the sphere of managing and the legal regulation branch. The concept of the smart contract is formulated; its value for economic and contractual activity, and also the advantages and disadvantages of its application are established. The possible classifications of smart contracts are given.

Author(s):  
K. Nekit

The article examines the concepts, legal nature of smart contracts, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of smart contracts as a basis for ownership. The technical and legal aspect of the concept of smart contract is considered. Models of using smart contracts are described. Approaches to determining the legal nature of smart contracts are presented. It is concluded that two models must be considered when using smart contracts. The first model is external, when the program code does not replace the agreement, but only automates its execution. The second model is internal, when the code completely or partially replaces the terms of the agreement. Among the advantages of smart contracts as grounds for the emergence of property rights can be identified, first of all, the inability to change the terms of the contract and interference in its work. However, at the same time, this feature is a disadvantage of the smart contract, as it does not allow to take into account the objective circumstances that may affect the implementation of the agreement. The problem of oracles when using smart contracts is also considered. It is noted that the use of oracles actually means the involvement of a third party in the transaction with all the risks that arise from it. The problem of involving notaries and state registrars in transactions on acquisition of property rights on the basis of a smart contract is analyzed. The problems of lack of legal regulation of smart contracts, in particular, related to its transnational nature, is investigated. The problem of protection of the rights of the parties to the smart contract is analyzed, in particular, related to technical errors and outside interference. Temporary solutions regarding the use of smart contracts and general recommendations on the legislative definition of smart contracts are proposed.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 267
Author(s):  
Verzhevsky P. A.

The paper is devoted to the analysis of issues of regulation of use of cryptocurrency in the Russian Federation and offers the possible measures to solve them. The conclusion is made that the ideal desired result would be the creation of such a controlled financial and economic mechanism based on blockchain technology that would become more attractive for its potential participants than the "usual" cryptocurrencies and smart contract systems. Key words: cryptocurrency, legal regulation, financial system, transactions, financial risks, financial mechanism.


Author(s):  
Тамара Заметина ◽  
Tamara Zametina

The article is devoted to the analysis of the new version of the Strategy of the state national policy. The content of this document is considered in systemic connection with the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993 and other acts in the field of national relations. The advantages of the new version of the Strategy, as well as gaps and shortcomings of legal regulation are identified, some proposals for its improvement are made.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venera Shaydullina ◽  
Margarita Ruchkina ◽  
Natal'ya Zalyubovskaya ◽  
Aleksey Barkov ◽  
Lapina None ◽  
...  

The monograph is devoted to the development of practical recommendations of an institutional and legal nature aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the energy sector of the economy in the conditions of digitalization and economic restrictions. It contains scientific and practical proposals aimed at developing the activities of economic entities of the Russian energy market, energy infrastructure, and focuses on the problems of the state of the Russian energy sector, strategic planning and legal regulation of activities aimed at energy conservation and energy efficiency in the Russian Federation. It is intended for teachers, students and anyone interested in energy supply and energy efficiency.


2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Татьяна Шуберт ◽  
Tatyana Shubert

The article examines the ECHR legal nature and types of its decisions, analyzes the activities of the Government of the Russian Federation and the RF Ministry of Justice on the implementation of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgments. The author notes the role of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in ensuring uniform application of the Convention and Protocols thereto, ratified by the Russian Federation, by the courts of general jurisdiction. The author analyzes reasons for slow and incomplete implementation of the ECHR decisions, and comes up with the measures for their implementation. The article discusses peculiarities of the execution of the ECHR judgments in the Russian Federation: mechanistic execution of the decisions, lack of a systematic approach to the legislation analysis, absence of identification of causes for non-compliance of the regulations with the Convention on Rights of Man and Citizen, lack of coordination between bodies executing the ECHR decisions, inadequate budgetary procedures and lack of funds. The author proposes to analyze structural and general deficiencies in the national law and practice with regard to the ECHR decisions; provides recommendations to improve the mechanism for the judicial decisions’ implementation; determines lines of development for legal regulation of relations in the field of ECHR judgments’ implementation in the Russian legislation.


Legal Concept ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Vavilova

Introduction: with the development of the digital economy, the sphere of non-cash payments reaches its peak value. This legal institution is particularly important in connection with the goal set in Russia’s strategic documents to improve the quality of non-cash payments and bring them to a new, technologically advanced level. The good legal regulation of certain legal issues in this regard is one of the most urgent tasks of the modern state. In this regard, the author aims to study an important element of the system of non-cash payments –electronic money – and determine its place in the civil rights system. Methods: the methodological framework for this research is a set of methods of scientific knowledge, among which the main ones are the comparative legal method, as well as the methods of systematicity and analysis. Results: the author’s well-founded position is based on the analysis of the legislation and opinions of the scientists expressed in the competent scientific community on the issue of recognizing electronic money as an object of civil rights and, accordingly, assigning it to a certain category of objects named in Article 128 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. Conclusions: the study proved that the lack of full understanding of the legal nature of electronic money was connected with the unresolved issue of its belonging to the objects of civil rights, in whose connection it substantiated the belonging of electronic money to the rights of obligation to claim to be included in Article 128 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation as an object of civil rights.


Author(s):  
Andrei Nikulenko ◽  
Maksim Smirnov

The article is devoted to the necessary defense as a circumstance that precludes the criminality of an act in the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. The significance and importance of the existence of this norm is proclaimed both in the criminal law and in the Basic law of the state – the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The existence of a rule on necessary defense in the state emphasizes the development of its legal system, allowing citizens to defend their own interests and protect the interests of others, in ways not prohibited by law, thereby preventing exceeding the limits of necessary defense. A number of issues related to the application of the norms provided for in article 37 of the Criminal code of Russia, as well as the norms of the Special part of the Criminal code of Russia, which provide for liability for crimes committed when exceeding the limits of necessary defense, were raised. The study of the relevant norms makes it possible to identify the advantages and disadvantages of legal regulation of circumstances that exclude the criminality of an act, including the shortcomings of judicial and investigative practice. The author criticizes the existing approach and suggests ways to resolve these problems, including by correcting the resolution of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated September 27, 2012, № 19 «About application by courts of legislation on necessary defense and causing harm when detaining a person who has committed a crime». Because of the ambiguous and often inconsistent application of norms of the criminal legislation on necessary defense, the authors give the recommendations (in further reconstruction of the relevant provisions of article 37 of the Criminal Code) to use an enumeration approach of presenting the legal formulation of these rules that allow the defender to cause any harm to an attacker. At the same time, it creates the most understandable, for citizens, formulation of the norm that allows lawfully causing harm to public relations protected by criminal law.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 196-204
Author(s):  
MARYAM AKHMADOVA ◽  

The article provides an overview of current regulatory acts of the Russian Federation on various aspects of the legal regulation of the use of additive technologies in domestic medicine. The authors draw attention to the question of the legal nature of bioprint organs. In the study, such methods of scientific knowledge were used as: general scientific dialectic, formal legal and comparative legal methods. At the same time, the author proceeds from the subjective-objective backside of processes and phenomena, as well as their relationship. This means that all people can use the technology of a new generation, which can cause a therapeutic or preventive effect. This condition is the need for the formation of new legal issues in this area through modernization.


2021 ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
A. K. Rozhkova ◽  
A. B. Chernykh

The article reveals the problem of the correlation of national security, state and security, analyzes the National security Strategies of the Russian Federation in 2015 and 2021. Attention is focused on the absence of a separate strategic planning document on ensuring state security in the Russian Federation, as well as a legal definition of the term «state security». The authors have studied the experience of legal regulation of relations related to ensuring state security in the People's Republic of China: the Law «On State Security» is analyzed from the point of view of its structure and content, the main advantages and disadvantages of this normative act are highlighted. This regulatory legal act traces the consistency and clarity of the wording, indicates the obligation of citizens of the People's Republic of China to ensure state security.


Author(s):  
T.G. Volkova

Due to the introduction of the digital economy on the territory of the Russian Federation and the urgency of the problem of implementing the distributed registry system (Blockchain) in various financial spheres, including the system of accounting for pension rights and obligations in the state and non-state pension systems, an attempt was made to assess the principles of implementing the Blockchain mechanism in the system of accounting for pension rights, insurance premiums and pension payments. The current system of centralized registries is based on the full confidence of its participants-clients. In particular, persons insured in the pension system. The non-transparency of the non-state pension component and the periodic changes in the state pension system seriously undermine this trust of citizens. Thus, the system of distributed registries that will solve this problem operates on the principles of transparency, availability for verification, reliability (security of transactions), economy, and trust on the part of customers. The article also considers the problem of formation and distribution of the accumulative pension component. The analysis of its losses and features of transfer to different pension organizations - participants of the state pension insurance system is carried out. It is proposed to solve the problems associated with these processes by implementing a system of distributed registries and smart contracts. In conclusion, the advantages and disadvantages of the distributed registry system are presented, as well as the difficulties of its implementation in the near future in the pension system of the Russian Federation are analyzed.


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