Project Manager
Olsen, LenaProject manager
Uppsala UniversityAmount granted
2 315 000 SEKYear
2013
The project concerns electronic contracts. The term is very common today but is used in different meanings. It can mean, for example, that 1/ the contract has been concluded electronically, 2/ the main performance is digital in nature, 3/ the main performance is transmitted electronically, 4/ payment is made using modern payment methods such as smart phones, 5/ the contract falls under one of the laws on electronic communications, electronic commerce or distance and home sales in particular. For a contract to be truly electronic, one or more conditions may need to be met. The project builds on a 2013 'feasibility study' - Communications Law in the Electronic Media Landscape - which a group of academics, judges and practitioners created with the applicant as co-author, on property law and consumer protection, and editor. The book uses a communication perspective, which means that the relevant legal material is systematized based on the general idea that the sender relays a message to the receiver via some kind of medium. This basic model is intended to be used also in the context of the current project and the hypothesis is that the legislator is most interested in achieving effective communication as a whole. The project will result in a book. However, a sub-project on modern forms of payment is better suited to a doctoral thesis.