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Additional authors

1. York, Stephen
2. Tunkel, Daniel
3. Hammond Suddards Edge

Description

1. xxxvi, 476 p.; 30 cm.

Summary

1. "Significant changes have taken place since the first edition appeared 12 months ago. The Electronic Communications Act 2000 is now law in the UK, and provides a basis for allowing numerous types of contract to be concluded on-line and executed electronically, eliminating the need for paper. The Electronic Commerce Directive has also now been adopted, and this will fundamentally affect the regulation of e-commerce relationships between participants in all member states during the next few years. Both of these measures are amply documented in this edition along with new specialist chapters on: corporate and shareholder communications; conveyancing and land law; banking on-line and developments in e-cash; and insurance risk issues in e-commerce." "The scope of the chapter on communications, contracting, civil and criminal liability, intellectual property rights and dispute resolution has also expanded as these areas have become more complex and sophisticated. In particular, the impact of the Distance Selling Directive and the new UK Distance Selling Regulations is addressed. In addition some justice has been done to the burgeoning lexicon of e-commerce and Internet terminology with the inclusion of a glossary as part of the book's introductory chapter." "Whilst it is a book about law, it is designed to be accessible to the layman. E-Commerce: A Guide to the Law of Electronic Business, should be everybody's first read on e-commerce, an indispensable guide and primer for this rapidly developing area of law and commercial practice."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

1. Electronic commerce > Law and legislation > Great Britain

Contents

1. 1. E-world -- 2. E-communicate -- What is a domain name? -- What your web site and communications must contain -- What your web site and communications cannot contain -- Advertising your web site -- Secure communication -- Secure delivery -- 3. E-contract -- practicalities of contracting on-line -- right to withdraw from a contract -- Specific on-line contractual terms -- Supporting agreements -- Competition -- 4. E-liability -- importance of the contract -- Liability for defective products -- Liability for information -- Defamatory content and communications -- Obscenity and harmful content -- Data protection and privacy -- 5. E-rights -- Types of right -- Patents -- Trade marks -- Passing off -- Copyright -- Database law -- Registered designs and design rights -- Procedure for infringement -- Some specific intellectual property issues for e-commerce -- 6. E-dispute -- ^ Litigation or ADR? -- Jurisdiction -- Applicable law -- Claims in the English court -- Enforcement -- solution in the confusion? -- Evidence -- 7. E-taxation -- Introduction -- Struggling tax laws? -- Challenges and issues -- Taxation of e-commerce profits -- Quantifying taxable income -- Value Added Tax -- Customs duty -- Enforcement -- 8. E-finance -- What do we mean by 'financial services'? -- Sources of e-commerce regulation for financial services -- Areas of regulation -- European dimension -- Specific issues -- 9. E-banking -- Legal issues affecting e-banking -- E-payments and electronic settlement systems -- Electronic cash -- legal and regulatory issues -- 10. E-insurance -- Risk exposures -- Traditional policies versus e-insurance -- How will the insurance market deal with proposals for e-insurance? -- E-commerce Directive and the internationalisation of e-law -- ^
2. Legislative framework for corporate governance issues -- Communications between a company and its shareholders -- Communication between directors/senior executives -- Communications with Companies House -- 12. E-land -- Death on the high street or born again buildings? -- In the beginning was the building site -- What's on the market and where do we find it? -- Show me the money! -- Buyer beware? -- Virtual conveyancing, virtuous circle -- E-commerce and land law -- Clicks and mortar: the future -- 13. E-future -- How to draw this book to a conclusion -- Technological developments -- Standardisation and interoperability -- Law and regulatory reform -- framework for the future?

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. At head of cover: Hammond Suddards Edge.
2. Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

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