Electronic Signatures in Law /
Mason, Stephen,
Electronic Signatures in Law / Stephen Mason. - 3rd ed. - 1 online resource (408 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Law Practitioner Series . - Law Practitioner Series. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
Electronic signatures are ubiquitous. Anyone sending an e-mail or using a credit card uses one. They can have a bearing on all areas of law, and no lawyer is immune from having to advise clients about their legal consequences. This third edition provides an exhaustive discussion of what constitutes an electronic signature, the forms an electronic signature can take and the issues relating to evidence, formation of contract and negligence in respect of electronic signatures. Case law from a wide range of common law and civil law jurisdictions is analysed to illustrate how judges have dealt with changes in technology in the past and how the law has adapted in response.
9780511998058 (ebook)
KD1568 / .M37 2012
Electronic Signatures in Law / Stephen Mason. - 3rd ed. - 1 online resource (408 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). - Law Practitioner Series . - Law Practitioner Series. .
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
Electronic signatures are ubiquitous. Anyone sending an e-mail or using a credit card uses one. They can have a bearing on all areas of law, and no lawyer is immune from having to advise clients about their legal consequences. This third edition provides an exhaustive discussion of what constitutes an electronic signature, the forms an electronic signature can take and the issues relating to evidence, formation of contract and negligence in respect of electronic signatures. Case law from a wide range of common law and civil law jurisdictions is analysed to illustrate how judges have dealt with changes in technology in the past and how the law has adapted in response.
9780511998058 (ebook)
KD1568 / .M37 2012