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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">diright</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Digital Law Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровое право</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2686-9136</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Maxim Inozemtsev</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.38044/2686-9136-2020-1-3-40-50</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">diright-24</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>The right to a name: Back to the future</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Право на имя: назад в будущее</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ульбашев</surname><given-names>А. Х.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ulbashev</surname><given-names>Alim K.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ульбашев А.Х. — кандидат юридических наук, лектор</p><p>119991, Россия, Москва, Ленинские горы, 1</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Alim K. Ulbashev — PhD in Law, lecturer</p><p>1, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, Russia, 119991</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">alim-ulbashev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Французский университетский колледж в Москве</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>French University College in Moscow</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>03</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>40</fpage><lpage>50</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Ulbashev A.K., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ульбашев А.Х.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ulbashev A.K.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/24">https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/24</self-uri><abstract><p>This article focuses on the right to a name, which in private law doctrine is traditionally considered a basic human right. The meaning of this right is indisputable and holds a fundamental value for everyone, since a name individualizes each person. However, the purpose of this article is not to tell the history of this right, but to study its nature. The development of the internet and digital technologies has made it possible to take a fresh look at the right to a name; when registering on social media, a person also uses his or her name, and in some cases acquires a pseudonym (nickname). In this study, the author aims at answering the question of what, in the era of the internet, is truly meant by the right to a name. Methodologically, there are two general approaches to understand the right to a name: the first one is AngloAmerican and the second one is European. While it is typical for common-law countries to consider a name as an element of privacy, in continental legal tradition the right to a name is considered as a type of personal right, as well as one of the conditions of legal capacity. Both approaches are re-examined in this study. Having started with the right to a name, in the final paragraph of the article the author reaches the issue of the right to a pseudonym. This topic is illustrated with the case of “the fight against rootless cosmopolitism”, when many representatives of the Jewish intelligentsia in the Soviet Union became victims of discrimination, at a time when it public authorities assumed that the use of a pseudonym was dangerous as they could lose control over the people; ironically, many modern states have declared the same criticism of the right to a nickname regarding the internet. This example clearly shows that, throughout history, non-democratic regimes have systematically attacked and diminished the right to a name. It is concluded that the advent of new technologies has not changed the essence of a name. Therefore, any unreasonable limitation of the right to a name and the right to a pseudonym should be defined as a violation of the basic principles of democracy and the rule of law.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Настоящая статья посвящена праву на имя, традиционно рассматриваемому в цивилистической литературе в качестве классического вида субъективных личных прав. Социальное значение этого права бесспорно, так как имя индивидуализирует абсолютно любого человека, представляя для него фундаментальную ценность. Однако цель статьи состоит не в пересказе хорошо известных сведений об истории и функциях этого права, а в изучении его сущности. Важно заметить, что роль права на имя существенно возросла в эпоху информатизации: развитие интернета и цифровых технологий затронуло и имя человека, формы и способы его использования. Так, регистрируясь в социальных сетях, человек использует свое имя, а в некоторых случаях приобретает псевдоним (никнейм). В этой связи автор стремится ответить на вопрос: как изменилось классическое право на имя в современных условиях? Методологически существуют два основных подхода к пониманию права на имя: первый подход  — англо-американский, второй  — европейский. Если для стран общего права характерно понимание имени как элемента приватности, то в континентальной традиции право на имя рассматривается как вид личных прав, а также как одно из условий правоспособности. Оба подхода критически анализируются в настоящей статье. Начав с права на имя, в последнем разделе статьи автор затрагивает право на псевдоним. Исследование иллюстрируется историческим примером так называемой «борьбы с безродным космополитизмом», когда многие представители советской еврейской интеллигенции стали жертвами дискриминации. В то время считалось, что использование псевдонима гражданами создает опасность для государства, теряющего контроль над людьми. Многие современные государства повторяют доводы советских государственных и партийных функционеров, критикуя свободу использования псевдонимов (никнеймов) в интернет-пространстве и требуя усиления контроля над гражданами. Этот пример ясно показывает, что на протяжении всей истории недемократические режимы ограничивали право на имя. В заключение сделан вывод, что появление новых технологий не изменило сути права на имя. Вот почему любое необоснованное ограничение права на имя и права на псевдоним следует квалифицировать в качестве нарушения основных принципов демократии и верховенства права.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>право на имя</kwd><kwd>право на псевдоним</kwd><kwd>правоспособность</kwd><kwd>личные права</kwd><kwd>приватность</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>the right to a name</kwd><kwd>the right to a pseudonym</kwd><kwd>legal capacity</kwd><kwd>personal rights</kwd><kwd>privacy</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование не имело спонсорской поддержки.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study had no sponsorship.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Agarkov, M. (2012). Izbrannye trudy po grazhdanskomu pravu [Selected works on private law] (Vols. 1–2). 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