Directions of development of the theory of property in the conditions of digitalization of society

Introduction. All structural socio-economic transformations involve property relations. The complexity of the market economy in the era of digitalization, the desire of economic agents to create new, effective models of management with the participation of public and private capital is accompanied by the activation of transformational processes of property relations. There is a need for appropriate theoretical research on the problems of property that meets the interests and needs of the digital society and, first of all, it is necessary to determine the direction of development of the theory of property, focused on ensuring a technological breakthrough in the economy. The article sets and solves the following tasks: 1) the needs of the subjects of property rights in the digital society are identified; 2) new digital objects of property relations associated with intellectual property are identified, and the problems of their introduction into civil law circulation are identified; 3) the directions of development of the theory of property in the conditions of digitalization of society are allocated. Materials and Methods. The article uses the materials of the fundamental research work of the financial University, the results of statistical analysis of the problems of the digital economy conducted by the Higher School of Economics, the data of Federal projects implemented under the national program «Digital economy of the Russian Federation». Traditional methods of scientific cognition, comparative categorical analysis, expert assessments were used in the formation of directions of development of the theory of property in the conditions of digitalization of the economy. Results. It is proved that the General direction of development of the theory of ownership associated with theoretical-methodological issues of economic relations of ownership in which the property brings the subject to income (profits) and legal of property relations in which the subject property is the property subject to the rights of the subject. It is revealed that the satisfaction of basic digital needs of the population in Russia (access to the Internet and mobile communications, trust in the use of personal data by various organizations) is only 37%. The necessity of meeting the needs of the digital society in Russia in the legal regulation of the digital environment, the formation of personnel with digital competences in the development of information infrastructure, the effective use of digital technologies in providing information security, digitization of public services, including education and health. Digital objects of property relations, including those associated with intellectual property, and the problems of their introduction into civil law are defined. The directions of development of the theory of property arising from the identified needs of the digital society are concretized. Summary. The identified needs of the digital society allowed to form actual directions of development of the theory of ownership, which can serve as a scientific and methodological basis for the formation of the institutional environment of the digital society and ensure a technological breakthrough in the economy.

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