Electronic Signatures for B2B Contracts

Aashish Srivastava is a lecturer in the Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University, Australia where he teaches undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business law. He received his PhD in law at Monash University in 2009. He also has a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Science from Banaras Hindu University, India. He is the author and co-author of over 30 publications. His articles have been published in peer reviewed journals of national and international repute. He has contributed chapters in contributed volumes and encyclopaedia. He has presented his papers at national and international conferences. He is the recipient of the Australian Law Teachers Association Conference 2009 - Highly Commended Best Early Career Academic Conference paper. He was an invited speaker at World Jurist Association’s 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World 2011. Aashish Srivastava is on the editorial board of Business and Management Research journal besides being a reviewer for various other journals. He has received the Dean’s Award for Teaching Achievement and Contribution to Student Learning 2010 and the Department of Business Law and Taxation Teaching Award for Excellence and Innovation 2009. He is member of the Australian Law Teachers Association.

• GLOSSARY.- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.- PREFACE.- CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION.- CHAPTER 2 - FROM MANUSCRIPT TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE: BACKGROUND, TECHNOLOGY AND CASE LAWS.- CHAPTER 3 - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES: LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND ACCEPTANCE ISSUES.- CHAPTER 4 - THE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TECHNOLOGY: POTENTIAL ISSUES WITH REGARD TO ITS USAGE.- CHAPTER 5 - SECURITY ISSUES DRIVING THE NON-ACCEPTANCE OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.- CHAPTER 6 - LEGAL UNDERSTANDING AND ISSUES WITH ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES.- CHAPTER 7 – CONCLUSION.- BIBLIOGRAPHY.- APPENDIX A - HOW DOES PUBLIC-KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY WORK?.- APPENDIX B - ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE ON A SMART CARD.- APPENDIX C - FINGERPRINT: THE BEST FORM OF BIOMETRIC.