LAWS 4204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Listing Contract, E-Commerce, Fax
Document Summary
Class 2 - the new age in commerce. The cases that used to come in front of the courts, that used to be argued traditionally are now being argued as contract law/e-commerce cases. Lawyers and law societies realize they need to keep up and provide experts that are experts in commercial law and e-commerce. Overview of the issue of contracts themselves and what it means in the electronic age. Canada adopted the act in 1999 - international standards set by the. United nations established a law in 1996 regarding the e- commerce. How the law reflects on parties and their conduct. New brunswick court of appeal case - court concluded that a series of e- mails between two non-commercial parties must be regarded as preliminary negotiations only. The lower court ruled that the e-mails held all the terms of a negotiable contracts. An electronic agent processes and conveys the information without the use of humans.
