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International Journal of Law and Information Technology Advance Access originally published online on December 14, 2006
International Journal of Law and Information Technology 2007 15(3):253-274; doi:10.1093/ijlit/eal021
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International Journal of Law and Information Technology Vol. 15 No. 3 © Oxford University Press 2006; all rights reserved

The Impact of Information Technology Development on the Legal Concept – A Particular Examination on the Legal concept of ‘Signatures’

Minyan Wang*

* Ph.D Candidate, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London m.wang{at}qmul.ac.uk.


  Abstract

This paper intends to explore the impact of Information technology (IT) development on the legal concept of ‘signatures’. To what extent and in which way does it impact on the legal concept of ‘signatures’? This paper attempts to examine this issue from an international and comparative perspective. It was found that IT development has different levels of impact on the legal concept of ‘signatures’ in different jurisdictions. In the Common Law system such as the UK and the US, it does not change the legal concept of ‘signatures’. However, it does put the legal concept on such an important position. On the contrary, IT development changes the legal concept of ‘signatures’ in the Civil Law system such as Germany and China.

Key Words: Information Technology • Signature • Electronic signature • Legal concept


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