NOVATIONS OF EUROPEAN LAW ON ONLINE PLATFORMS: ON THE EDGE OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

Author
, PhD in Law, Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Procedure, Arbitration and International Private Law, Kharkiv

In heading

 Economic analysis of law;

Signed print

 07.09.2023

Issues number

 2023-№3 (54)

Page

 59-76

Type of articles

 Scientific article

Code UDK

 [341.171(4-6ЄС):004.77]:33.021

ISSN print

 2411-5584

Abstract

 This article contains an analysis of the most recent EU legal acts concerning online platforms and pays particular attention on Digital Services Act. The author regards the newest amendments through the lens of economic analysis and human rights law and comes to the conclusion that modern European legislation is based on economic reasoning which is used for the purposes of better protection of human rights.

Keywords

 online platforms, sharing economy, contract law, human rights law, economic analysis of law

Reviewer

External reviewer

Article in PDF

 59-76

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Code DOI

 https://doi.org/10.31359/2411-5584-2023-54-3-59

07.09.2023