Online Agreements in the U.S.

Spang-Hanssen, Henrik Stakemann

Online Agreements in the U.S.

YULEX 2001, Lee A. Bygrave, ed., pp. 103-111, Institutt for rettsinfomatikk - Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, University of Oslo, 2001

12 Pages Posted: 23 Apr 2009

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Henrik Stakemann Spang-Hanssen

Independent; University of Vienna School of Law - Department of Commercial and Business Law

Date Written: April 22, 2009

Abstract

This article first mentions the existing different kinds of online agreements used in the U.S. and next mentions some of the model acts (UCITA and UETA) made in the U.S. related to American online agreements. Next, it deals with some American case law. It concludes that in some aspects it seem the online consumer protection to have gone beyond reason.

Note: This is the English language version of the paper. The Danish version is available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1105651

Keywords: Online agreements, Cyberspace, Internet

JEL Classification: K12, K33

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Spang-Hanssen, Henrik Stakemann, Online Agreements in the U.S. (April 22, 2009). YULEX 2001, Lee A. Bygrave, ed., pp. 103-111, Institutt for rettsinfomatikk - Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law, University of Oslo, 2001, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1393600