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Mr. José Angelo Estrella-Faria
Senior Legal Officer
UNCITRAL Secretariat
International Trade Law Division
Office of Legal Affairs
United Nations
Biography 
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International Economic Law
Commercial Law
Legal Aspects of Electronic Commerce in
International Trade
Information and communication technology applications have played a central role in fostering economic growth and enhancing productivity. However, outdated laws may be an impediment to business applications of ICT, and thus should not be overlooked. It is the task of legislators and policy makers around the world to ensure that the legal framework for domestic and international trade does not hinder or diminish the gains promised by the use of new technologies. As a global body, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was one of the first organizations which governments used as a forum to develop uniform private law standards for electronic commerce.
Part I -
Electronic Contracting:
Economic Context and Private Law
Part II - Electronic Authentication and Signature Methods:
Legal Issues and Public Policy
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International Economic Law
Commercial Law
Legal Aspects of Electronic Commerce in
International Trade
Part I - Electronic Contracting: Economic Context and Private Law
Part II - Electronic Authentication and Signature Methods: Legal Issues and Public Policy |
| Related Documents |
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2005 - United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in
International Contracts
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2001 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures |
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1996 - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce with Guide to Enactment,
with additional article 5 bis as adopted in 1998
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(all available at the UNCITRAL website
http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/uncitral_texts/electronic_commerce.html)
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| International Instruments |
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“Legal aspects of electronic commerce - Electronic contracting: background
information” (U.N. document A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.104, of 8 September 2003, and
addenda 1-5)
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“Possible future work on electronic commerce - Transfer of rights in
tangible goods and other rights” (U.N. document A/CN.9/WG.IV/WP.90, of 20
December 2000)
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(both available at the website UNCITRAL website, Working Group IV,
http://www.uncitral.org/uncitral/en/commission/working_groups/4Electronic_Commerce.html)
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UNCTAD, “E-Commerce and Development Report, 2004,” United Nations, New York
and Geneva, 2004, chapter I
http://www.unctad.org |
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OECD Guidelines on Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce of 9 December 1999
http://www.oecd.org/document/51/0,3343,en_2649_37441_1824435_1_1_1_37441,00.html |
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| Recommended Reading |
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BORGES, Georg. Verträge im elektronischen Geschäftsverkehr, München: C.H. Beck, 200
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CAPRIOLI, Eric A. “Droit matériel international du commerce
électronique”, In Droit international de l'économie numérique. Chapter
II. 2nd ed. Paris : Lexis Nexis, 2007. p. 81-98.
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CHATILLON, Georges. (ed.), Internet international law. International
and European studies and comments. Bruxelles : Bruylant, 2005, 674 p.
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DRAETTA, Ugo. “Internet et commerce électronique en droit
international des affaires”, Recueil des Cours de l’Académie de Droit
International de La Haye, vol. 314 (2005), pp.99-232
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ESTRELLA FARIA, José Angelo. “Harmonizing the Law of International
Electronic Contracting: Adjust the Rules but Don’t Rewrite Them”
Andrea Schulz (ed.), Legal Aspects of an E-Commerce Transaction.
International Conference in The Hague, 26 and 27 October 2004, Sellier
European Law Publishers GmbH, 2006 , pp. 74-98
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ESTRELLA FARIA, José Angelo. “Online Contracting: Legal Certainty for
Global Business - The New U.N. Convention on the Use of Electronic
Communications in International Contracts”, Uniform Commercial Code
Law Journal, vol. 39 (2006), No. 1 pp. 25-73
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ESTRELLA FARIA, José Angelo. “Legal Aspects of Electronic Commerce”,
Collected Courses of The Xiamen Academy of International Law, The
Brill and Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague/London/New York, 2008 (to be
issued)
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ESTRELLA FARIA, José Angelo. “Drafting and Negotiating History of the
Electronic Communications,” in Amelia Boss et Wolfgang Kilian (eds.),
The United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications
in International Contracts: An In-Depth Guide and Sourcebook (Kluwer
Law International: 2008 (to be issued)
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FERAL-SCHUHL, Christiane. Cyberdroit : le droit à l'épreuve de
l'Internet. Paris : Dunod, Dalloz, 3e éd. 2002, XIV-353 p.
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GUILLEMARD, Sylvette. Le droit international privé face au contrat de
vente cyberspatial (Montréal, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2006)
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JUNKER, Abbo and BENECKE, Martina. Computerrecht, 3rd ed. (Baden-Baden,
Nomos Verlaggesellschaft, 2003)
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LEROUGE, Jean-François. “The use of electronic agents questioned under
contractual law: suggested solutions on a European and American
level”, John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, vol. 18
(Winter, winter 1999), pp. 403-433
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MADRID PARRA, Agustín (dir.), Derecho patrimonial y tecnología.
Madrid, Marcial Pons, 2007. p. 39-113
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MASON, Stephen. “Electronic signatures in practice”, Journal of High
Technology Law, vol. VI, No. 2 (2006), pp.148-164
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ROSELLO, Carlo. Commercio elettronico. Milano, Giuffrè editore, 2006.
xvi, 405 p.
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SCHULZ, Andrea (ed.), Legal Aspects of an E-Commerce Transaction.
International Conference in The Hague, 26 and 27 October 2004, Munich:
Sellier 2006, 361 p.
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TODD, Paul. E-commerce law. Abingdon (UK): Routledge-Cavendish, 2005.
xxiii, 266 p.
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