“Ecologization” as a neo-vector of formation and development of private law of the ХХIst century: general and specific

Abstract

The changing state of the environment, the constant deterioration of quality and depletion of the planet’s bioresources, the ever-increasing pressure and desire of man to exploit natural resources regardless of the consequences of their depletion to preserve life and biodiversity on earth due to the development of new generation technologies raises the question of the concept, goal-setting, and principles of modern private law. In this regard, there is a need to assess the capabilities of private law in solving environmental problems and challenges of our time. Private law instruments are not always effectively used in this area, and in some cases the potential of private law is completely unrealized. The article raises the urgent problem of “greening” private law, filling the principles of modern civil law with environmental imperatives. On this basis, the ideas about the values of modern private law are expanded, a civilistic qualification of the problems of compensation for environmental damage, the market and circulation of carbon units with a critical assessment of the possibility of classifying them as goods and objects of civil rights, the legal regime of eco-fuels and renewable energy, and the environmental principles of modern industrial property law are given. The author sees the continuation of the dialogue between scientists and practitioners in this area as promising.

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