Legal Nature of Carsharing Agreement and Prospects for its Development

Abstract

Nowadays, the economic model of collaborative consumption or sharing economy is actively growing. The issues of legislative regulation of sharing services, the use of which is now actively disseminated in Russia, are becoming increasingly important. The author pays attention to the significant increase in sharing services, including carsharing, at the present time. The legal nature of carsharing agreement, through analysis of legislation, of doctrine and of carsharing services agreements, is analysed in the article. The author of the article supports the concept that the carsharing agreement is a special kind of lease agreement for vehicles without crew.