Electronic signatures in law / Stephen Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Stephen (Barrister), author.

Series:

Law practitioner series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital signatures--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Digital signatures.

Contracts--Great Britain--Automation.

Contracts.

Data encryption (Computer science)--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Data encryption (Computer science).

Digital signatures--Law and legislation.

Contracts--Automation.

Data encryption (Computer science)--Law and legislation.

Automation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 371 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

System Details:

text file

PDF

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.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780511998058

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.