The special issue of the
Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business deals with the very topical subject of e-commerce. This is an area that has seen an explosion of interest in recent years but, since the increase in the use of the Internet as a vehicle for conducting business transactions has been so rapid, the law has again fallen behind, particularly in the areas of regulation and jurisdiction.
The situation is changing, however, with the introduction of both national and international legislation dealing with issues and relating to, inter alia, data protection, privacy, electronic signatures, consumer protection and morality. The authors in this volume provide commentaries on the most recent developments in various jurisdictions, including the approach of the European Union to the problems raised by e-commerce. They discuss the difficulties in relation to jurisdiction arising from the global nature of Internet and the possibilities for dispute resolution between multi national parties to an electronic transaction.
The topic is obviously one that will require much attention in the coming years and one which will need strict regulation if electronic commerce is destined to become the trading medium of the future.
Jurisdiction and the Internet, and European Regulation 44 of 2001
Marco
Berliri, The European Privacy Directive and Its Implications in the United
States
David Williams Russell, E-Commerce: Directives of the European
Union and Implementation in German Law
Hans-Josef Vogel, E-Commerce and
European Competition Law
Wahe H Balekjian, Liability of Internet
Service Providers: Recent Developments
Abbe E.L. Brown Alternative
Dispute Resolution for Global Consumers in E-Commerce Transactions
Susan L.
Donegan Competition Law and E-Business: Limitations on Cooperation and
Distribution Systems
Sabine Fehringer United States Taxation of
International E-Commerce
Derek Gilman Data Protection and E-Commerce in
Germany
Karolin Poll and Matthias Nordmann Perspectives on E-Commerce
Regulation in Brazil
Ana Carolina Horta Barretto Law on E-Commerce,
E-Signature and E-Message Law in Ecuador
Patricia Ponce-Arteta
E-Commerce in Hungary
Peter Szemim A Legal Overview of Hosting and
Housing Agreements
Francesca Colombo and
Marzia Francisci Facing
up to Service Level Agreements
Alexandros G. Economou Unfair Terms in
E-Contracts: The European Viewpoint
Massimo Sterpi Application Services
Provider Transactions
Allan P Weeks Index
