Electronic signatures in law / Stephen Mason.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Law practitioner seriesPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxxvi; 371 p. 23 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Electronic signatures in law.LOC classification:
  • KF889 .M37 2012
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Contents:
The signature -- International initiatives -- European Union Directive on electronic signatures -- England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland -- International comparison of electronic signature laws -- The form of and electronic signature -- Digital signatures -- Liability -- Evidence -- Data protection.
Summary: 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.
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Books African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Library KF889 .M37 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 10202293

Previous edition: Haywards Heath: Tottel, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The signature -- International initiatives -- European Union Directive on electronic signatures -- England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland -- International comparison of electronic signature laws -- The form of and electronic signature -- Digital signatures -- Liability -- Evidence -- Data protection.

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.

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