Legal Regulation of a Remotely Concluded Sales Contract in the Era of Digitalization

Abstract

The object of this research is the social relations that have arisen in the course of legal regulation of a contract of sale of goods concluded remotely. Due to the specificity of this type of contract, primarily due to its fundamental difference from other types of contracts of sale, in particular, from the contract of stationary sale, it became necessary to identify individual features of the contract of sale of goods concluded remotely. The article briefly discloses the history of the origin and development of the contract of sale of goods concluded remotely, defines the legal nature of this type of contract, formulates the concept, features and elements of the subject of study. The author considers some problems of legal regulation of the purchase and sale of goods carried out remotely and offers solutions to existing problems associated with the peculiarities of legal regulation of this type of legal relations at the current stage of development of the digital economy. Keywords—remote sales contract, consumer, seller, goods, consumer protection.