E-contract contents
Applies to e-contracts as well as other contracts for the sale of real and personal property, and the sale and lease of goods
What are traditional principles governing contracts?
The law that the US signed onto and was approved as a treaty, which provides uniformity in the international sale of goods.
What is the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods?
What are click-on terms?
Federal law enacted by Congress to make e-signatures valid.
What is the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (or E-SIGN Act)?
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What is the number of nations that had signed on to the CISG as of April 1999?
A contract clause that indicates the location and/or forum in which a dispute between buyer and seller will be decided.
What is a forum selection clause?
The law created by federal or state judges that differs from what the US has agreed to regarding international sale of goods.
What is common law (or case law)?
An e-contract must spell this out in case the goods are defective.
What are the remedies available to the buyer?
The state law written by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law and the American Law Institute to bring uniformity to state law requirements for e-signatures (UETA).
What is the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act? Note: The book is not correct or out-of-date, it says Uniform Electronic Transcription Act. Also it has been adopted by 47 states, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The uniform state law covering domestic sales contracts that differs from the law covering international sales.
What is the Uniform Commercial Code?
A seller generally puts this clause in an e-contract to avoid liability for certain uses of the goods sold.
What is a disclaimer-of-liability clause?
If Solar Water Inc. has an e-contract for the sale of its products (within the U.S.) that is required to be in writing under state law, this statute, if adopted by the state will govern the signature requirements.
What is the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA)?
Parties may use this type of contract clause to change the law governing a contract.
What is a choice of law clause?