1st Edition

The Law of Electronic Commerce and the Internet in the UK and Ireland

By Steve Hedley Copyright 2006
324 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

324 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

'Internet law' and 'electronic commerce law' are new entities and as such there is some difficulty in defining this rapidly changing area of the law. Scholars are divided as to whether it is a subject in its own right or part of a broader area and there is also debate concerning its status as a new law or as old law which needs interpreting in a new way. This text helps the student to unravel... Read more
Introduction.  Protecting Data and System Integrity.  Ownership of Data.  Rights of Data Subjects.  Private and Public Investigatory Powers.  Access to the Internet.  Ownership of Domain Names.  Surfing the Web.  How Buyers and Sellers Find One Another.  Online Contracts: Agreement, Content, Form.  Online Consumer Law.  Contract Enforcement and Dispute Resolution.  Digital Signatures, Encryption and Identity Fraud.  Electronic Money and Banking

Biography

Steve Hedley