Legal Aspects of e-Business

Abstract

In the context of e-Business, bilateral trading partner agreements (TPA) have been in use for some years between companies wishing to exchange business documents using electronic data interchange. Such agreements have bound the parties to the legality of undertaking paperless trading and eased corporate concerns should disagreements subsequently occur. However, this chapter reviews the main legal issues that arise when conducting e-Commerce for the marketing, buying and selling of products and services over the Web. It does not pretend to provide an exhaustive treatment of the subject, but rather raise awareness of the issues and accompanying legislation so that these may be pursued with experts to address company specific situations.