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Part III Formation of the Contract, 11 Electronic Communications

From: Global Sales and Contract Law (2nd Edition)

Ingeborg Schwenzer, Edgardo Muñoz

Content type:
Book content
Product:
International Commercial Law [ICML]
Published in print:
14 June 2022
ISBN:
9780198871255

From: Oxford Legal Research Library (http://olrl.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 30 September 2023

Subject(s):
Construction of contract — Formation of contract — Burden of proof and damages

This chapter focuses on electronic communications. It highlights the significance of electronic communication in modern international trade transactions. Unification and harmonization efforts were made to ensure legal framework and legal systems modernize their laws in line with cross-border transactions. The chapter discusses the principle of equality in line with contract formation over electronic communications by referencing the process of offer and acceptance in a website. Moreover, an information system is designated if the recipient has used the address of this information system in business communications. Many of the modern rules on electronic communication include special definitions for the dispatch and receipt of declarations as well.

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