LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND REGULATORY SUPPORT FOR KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

This paper dwells on the problem of regulatory and legal support for the processes of knowledge and information systems management, which take place in the conditions of the digital economy. Specific features and theoretical foundations of the regulation of digital knowledge, technologies, and information systems are considered, and their complexity and dynamic character, which require a high level of flexibility and adaptability from the legal system, are determined. Different levels and elements of the legal environment and regulatory support of the studied processes are analysed, and spheres of the normative and legal regulation and examples of their support, adopted in the European Union as one of the leaders in digital transformation, are considered. The research methodology is based on the dialectic and system approaches, which combine processes peculiar to law, management, state regulation, economics, cybernetics, technical sciences, etc. Focus is made on philosophical and ethical principles of regulating the opportunities for using digital technologies in the modern world. The methodological tools of the research include specific historical method, analysis, synthesis, observation, generalisation, and observation. The value of this research consists in the generalisation and structuring of the conditions and processes of the legal regulation of knowledge and information systems management in the context of the digital economy and the use of digital solutions. This is manifested through a selection of the key spheres of legal regulation and a description of the complex character of the legal environment of the studied processes, which covers not only imperative legal acts but also dispositive norms, as well as the individual responsibility of developers and users.