New Convention on Electronic Contracting

November 29, 2005

Many thanks to Jong Navarro for pointing out that the UN General Assembly adopted a new convention on electronic contracting.  The UN press release is here and a copy of the convention is here.

I scanned through it and it’s basically a re-statement of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce but with some additions and clarification on the use of electronic communications for contract formation.

For me, two things stand out in the convention.  (more…)