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Author Gillies, Lorna E.

Title Electronic commerce and international private law : a study of electronic consumer contracts / Lorna E. Gillies.

Publication Info. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 261 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Markets and the law
Markets and the law.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-252) and index.
Contents Electronic consumer contracts and international private law -- The internet, electronic commerce and electronic consumer contracts -- International private law rules for electronic consumer contracts: theoretical approaches -- The development of European international private law rules for electronic consumer contracts -- Jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts in the Brussels I Regulation -- Application of United Kingdom jurisdiction rules to electronic consumer contracts -- Choice of law rules for electronic consumer contracts in the Rome I Regulation -- Rules of personal jurisdiction for electronic consumer contracts in the United States -- Adaptation of personal jurisdiction rules for electronic consumer contracts in the United States -- Towards harmonised international private law rules for electronic consumer contracts -- Appendices.
Summary Examining the maximization of consumer protection via the consumer's jurisdiction and law, this volume discusses how to improve the efficiency of juridical protection for consumers who contract with foreign sellers by electronic means and offers recommendations which provide a basis for the consumer to sue in his own jurisdiction and for the law of the consumer's domicile to apply.
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Subject Electronic contracts.
Electronic contracts.
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation.
Consumer protection -- Law and legislation.
Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation.
Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation.
Conflict of laws -- Contracts.
Conflict of laws -- Contracts.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- Contracts.
Contracts.
Other Form: Print version: Gillies, Lorna E. Electronic commerce and international private law. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2008 0754648559 9780754648550 (DLC) 2008015378 (OCoLC)220101589
ISBN 9780754688358 (electronic book)
0754688356 (electronic book)
0754648559 (Cloth)
9780754648550 (alkaline paper)