From clay tablets to AJAX replicating writing and documents in Internet transactions

This article addresses the absence of paper and the challenges of transposing the traditional legal concepts of "writing" and "document" into an environment consisting of interactive and interconnected files. Both "writing" and "documents" are concepts that re...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Internet Law Jg. 15; H. 8; S. 1
1. Verfasser: Mik, Eliza
Format: Journal Article Trade Publication Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Aspen Publishers, Inc 01.02.2012
Schlagworte:
Communication
Electronic commerce
Internet
JavaScript (Programming language)
Law
Laws, regulations and rules
Net neutrality
Requirements
Web content delivery
Websites
World Wide Web
Writing
XML (Document markup language)
United States > US
ISSN:1094-2904
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Zusammenfassung:This article addresses the absence of paper and the challenges of transposing the traditional legal concepts of "writing" and "document" into an environment consisting of interactive and interconnected files. Both "writing" and "documents" are concepts that rely on tangible carriers, such as paper. Accordingly, legal principles involving either concept presume not only a certain durability, but also the stability and confinement of the information conveyed. The mainstream approaches to the concepts of "writing" and "document" are best tested when confronted with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), a suite of technologies enabling Web pages to partially refresh the displayed content in real time. The existing e-commerce laws were drafted in the infancy of the World Wide Web. The Web consisted of static hypertext markup language files, and email was the technology du jour. "Writing" and "documents" are generally discussed in the context of formalities. All e-commerce laws focus on removing obstacles to electronic contracting by enabling electronic messages to meet formal requirements.
ISSN:1094-2904