Electronic form of business contracts and dispute resolution in the trade turnover of Russia, foreign legal systems in the context of the development of digital platforms

It should be recognized that the very dynamic development of digital intellectual technologies predetermines the solution of new tasks aimed at establishing optimal regulators of modern segments in economic transformation: artificial intelligence; machine-readable law; digital assets; digitalization of legal proceedings. Accordingly, there is an objective need to develop relevant instruments of legal influence on rapidly developing economic and legal relations in the digital space, including in the field of establishing the form of business contracts in electronic commerce, taking into account the balance of private and public interests of individuals, legal entities and the state, based on the convergence of legal norms.

The presented scientific work argues that the transformations of the electronic form of business contracts in the trade turnover of Russia and foreign countries in the context of the digital platforms development are inextricably linked with the legal regulation of artificial intelligence.

The present paper defines the transformation of the electronic form of business contracts in the trade turnover of Russia and foreign countries in the context of the development of digital platforms, as well as it reveals the features of dispute resolution related to the use of smart contracts in the framework of the market of network platforms based on blockchain technologies, it also formulates author’s conclusions and individual proposals.

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