Electronic signatures in law / Stephen Mason.

London : LexisNexis, c2003.

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Digital signatures -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Contracts -- Great Britain -- Automation.

Data encryption (Computer science) -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain.

Data protection.

Information technology.

Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of international regulation

Table of cases

1. Introduction

2. The signature in law

3. The format of an electronic signature

4. The legal status of the electronic signature

5. Parties and the risks

6. Contractual liablity

7. Non-contractual disclaimers and negligence

8. Evidence

9. Public key infrastructure

10. Regulation of certification authorities

11. Practical applications and proposals

12. Regulation of investigatory powers

13. Control of algorithms

14. Data protection

15. A comparison of electronic signature laws

16. The future

Appendices

Glossary.

Includes index.

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