TY - BOOK AU - Mason,Stephen TI - Electronic signatures in law T2 - Law practitioner series AV - KF889 .M37 2012 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Digital signatures KW - Law and legislation KW - Great Britain KW - Electronic commerce KW - Law KW - Military KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511998058 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10539375 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=435261 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=358017 UR - https://0-www.cambridge.org.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/core/product/identifier/9780511998058/type/BOOK UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781139209854 ER -