Book Description:
The volume of trade done through electronic media continues to skyrocket, and the law evolves at a staggering rate, To keep pace with all the new cases, statutes, proposals, commentaries, and model laws, there is no better resource than the new edition of The Law of Electronie Commerce your guide to the implications of communications technology for commercial law and transactions. You'll find in depth, up to the minute analysis and coverage of: Electronic Contracting, including analysis of the 'E Sign Act,' the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act, EDI Model Trading Partner Agreements; as well as discussion of traditional contract principles such as the Statute of Frauds, the Mailbox Rule, and the enforceability of form contracts in the electronic environment. Electronic Payments and Lending, including an anlysis of the multitude of options for both consumer and business electronic payments. Intellectual Property Rights, including an examination of the issues pertaining to patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain names, software and information licensing. Special emphasis is given to privacy issues in electronic commerce. E Business Administraiton, including a discussion of records management as well as the legal issues and potential employer liability surrounding electronic communications in the workplace. Electronic records as evidence in litigation, including authentication, the best evidence rule, and special hearsay problems. Regulation of E Business Markets, including an analysis of antitrust issues, unfair trust practices, securities and banking regulation, cryptography, and the taxation of electronic commerce. And much more! The author, Benjamin Wright, ben wright@compuserve.com, May 14, 2001 Book is updated regularly. This book is the poineer in the electronic commerce legal field, originally published in 1991. Now in its fourth edition, The Law of Commerce is updated regularly through paper supplements AND an exclusive web site.
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