Electronic Signatures for B2B Contracts Evidence from Australia /

• Main Author: Srivastava, Aashish. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Economics.; Commercial law.; Industrial management.; Economics/Management Science.; Law and Economics.; International IT and Media Law, Intellectual Property Law.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Management/Business for Professionals.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0743-6

The last few centuries have seen paper-based documents and manuscript signatures dominate the way businesses enter into a contractual relationship with each other. With the advent of Internet, replacing paper-based contracts with B2B electronic contracts is a possibility. However, an appropriate tec...

Table of Contents:

• GLOSSARY
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1  INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 2 - FROM MANUSCRIPT TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE: BACKGROUND, TECHNOLOGY AND CASE LAWS
• CHAPTER 3 - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES: LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND ACCEPTANCE ISSUES
• CHAPTER 4 - THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY: POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH REGARD TO ITS USAGE
• CHAPTER 5 - SECURITY ISSUES DRIVING THE NON-ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
• CHAPTER 6 - LEGAL UNDERSTANDING AND ISSUES WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
• CHAPTER 7  CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• APPENDIX A - HOW DOES PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY WORK?
• APPENDIX B - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE ON A SMART CARD
• APPENDIX C - FINGERPRINT: THE BEST FORM OF BIOMETRIC.