Law Relating to Electronic Contracts

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Description
Law relating to Electronic Contracts, 2e is especially designed for students pursuing the three-year or five-year LIB course in legal education institutes. It also caters to the students pursuing the one-year or two-year LLM course from various universities or institutes. With its comprehensive and exhaustive coverage of this emerging area of law, it will also serve as a useful reference for teachers and practising lawyers. Beginning with a brief overview of the impact of information technology on business and commerce, the general principles of contract law, and formation of electronic contracts, the book goes on to discuss their recognition and validity, related jurisdictional issues, consumer protection and standard form contracting in the electronic age, and public procurement including e-procurement. Thus, by addressing the entire gamut of legal issues that arise in the context of e-contracts, this book humbly attempts to advance the development of jurisprudence of contract law in India.
Key Features
•    Discusses elaborately the concepts and legal issues that have evolved as a result of the
      emergence of electronic contracts
•    Explains important case laws in the field of e-contracts, focussing on the fundamental
      concepts involved therein
•    Primarily written from the Indian perspective, at relevant places, comparison has been
      made with the UK and the US laws
New to the edition
•    New chapter on 'Public Procurement including e-Procurement' that provides a framework
      of the conventional procurement system, and discusses the e-procurement system and
      its advantages
•    New section on 'e-auction or online auction' not only outlines the difference between
      traditional auction and online auction, but also examines the nature and liability of online
      auction houses. It also addresses specific issues relating to online auctions, such as, whether
      the seller's website announcement is an offer or just an invitation to make an offer, whether
      or not auction houses are agents of the seller, and so on
•    Brief note on the Consumer Protection Bill, 2015
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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgements
Detailed Contents
Table of Cases
Chapter
Chapter 1.    Introduction
Chapter 2.    General Principles of Contract Law
Chapter 3.    Formation of Electronic Contracts
Chapter 4.    Recognition and Validity of Electronic Contracts: Legislative Landscape
Chapter 5.    Recognition and Validity of Electronic Contracts: Judicial Approach
Chapter 6.    Jurisdictional Issues
Chapter 7.    Consumer Protection and Standard Form Contracting in Electronic Age
Chapter 8.    Public Procurement including E-Procurement
Appendices
Index
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Author Details
R K Singh is presently Assistant Professor of Law at Gujarat National Law University IGandhinagar, Gujarat (India)], and has around eight years of teaching experience. He completed his B.A., LL.B. and LL.M. from the University of Allahabad; and Ph.D. from Gujarat University (Ahmedabad). He was conferred with Excellent Faculty Award by Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) for the year 2009-2010. He has published many research papers and articles on law subjects, particularly, 'Legal Education,' 'Constitutional Law' and 'Contract Law.'
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