Kopiev A.V. Digital Inheritance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/lc.jvolsu.2023.1.21
Alexey V. Kopiev, Candidate of Sciences (Juridisprudence), Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Private International Law (Base Department of the Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences), Volgograd State University, Prosp. Universitetsky, 100, 400062 Volgograd, Russian Federation, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8035-4797
Introduction. The study deals with the problematic issues of digital inheritance when studying some aspects of electronic money, the accounts of the testator, and other digital assets. The purpose of the study is to show the social significance and differentiation of the last will of the legislator and public interest in the results of creative activity, including those existing in the form of digital inheritance, and to identify the legal consequences of the relationship between heirs and society, the last will of the testator. Methods. The methods of legal formalism, synthesis, and analysis are used. Results. The author’s position, substantiated in the work, is based on domestic and foreign legislation and the judicial practice of its application. Conclusions. The recommendations are given, the proposals and directions for eliminating legal conflicts are formulated, and specific measures are proposed to improve the legislation in the field of inheritance of the testator’s digital assets in addition to a theoretical understanding of the category under consideration.
Key words: inheritance, heir, testator, digital inheritance, account, electronic money, exclusive rights.
Citation. Kopiev A.V. Digital Inheritance. Legal Concept = Pravovaya paradigma, 2023, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 155-158. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/lc.jvolsu.2023.1.21
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