International Legal Regulation of the New Groups of Relations Classified by Technological Criterion

The purpose and objectives. The main goals are to identify gaps in international law on the regulation of new groups of relations, classified by technological criterion, justify and put forward methods and scenarios for filling the existing legal gaps, and to analyze Russian and US’s approaches to the international legal regulation of cyberspace. Methodological approach. The legal prognostic approach plays a key role in the work is the, general scientific methods and the comparative legal method, the method of interpreting legal norms and partially legal modeling are also applied. Results and conclusions. The article describes new groups of international legal relations, classified according to the criterion of technological and arising in the development of high technologies, as well as the phenomenon of international legal personality and the challenges that this group of relations poses to international legal regulation. Originality and value. The study is valuable in view of its relevance and originality. It focuses on gaining new knowledge about gaps in existing international legal acts and the fragmented state of the rules governing new groups of relations arising from the development of modern technologies. The article also identifies the features of the Russian and US’s approaches to the development of international legal regulation of cyberspace.

international legal personality, new groups of international legal relations, international legal regulation of cyberspace