Electronic Signatures in Law

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Mason is a barrister with an interest in electronic signatures, authentication, security, electronic evidence, e-mail and internet use, the interception and monitoring of communications, data protection and privacy. He is also a member of the IT Panel of the General Council of the Bar of England and Wales, an independent director of tScheme Limited and an Associate Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Klappentext Using case law from multiple jurisdictions, Stephen Mason examines the nature and legal bearing of electronic signatures. Zusammenfassung This third edition examines what constitutes an electronic signature! the forms an electronic signature can take and the issues relating to evidence! formation of contract and negligence. Case law from various common law and civil law jurisdictions is analysed to illustrate how the law has adapted in the past. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The signature; 2. International initiatives; 3. European Union Directive on electronic signatures; 4. England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland; 5. International comparison of electronic signature laws; 6. The forms of an electronic signature; 7. The digital signature; 8. Liability; 9. Evidence; 10. Data protection.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Mason
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.01.2012
• EAN: 9781107012295
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01229-5
• No. of pages: 408
• Series: Law Practitioner; Law Practitioner Series; Law Practitioner
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Law, LAW / General, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects, IT and Communications law / Postal laws and regulations, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution, E-commerce law, Digital, IT and Communications law, Wales / Cymru