New Legal Framework for E-Commerce in Europe

Lilian Edwards is Co-Director of the AHRC Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, and a Senior Lecturer in Law at Southampton University.

• PART I THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE DIRECTIVE1. Article 3, ECD: Internal Market ClauseInternational Private Law, Consumers and the Net: A Confusing Maze or a Smooth Path Towards a Single European Market?Charlotte Waelde2. Articles 6–7, ECD; Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive 2002Canning the Spam and Cutting the Cookies: Consumer Privacy On-line and EU RegulationLilian Edwards3. Articles 9–11, ECDContracting Electronically in the Shadow of the E-Commerce DirectiveAndrew D Murray4. Articles 12–15 ECD: ISP LiabilityThe Problem of Intermediary Service Provider LiabilityLilian Edwards5. Article 17 ECD: Encouragement of Alternative Dispute ResolutionOn-line Dispute Resolution: A View From ScotlandPaul MotionPART II OTHER EUROPEAN AND UK E-COMMERCE LEGISLATION6. EC Electronic Money Directive 2000Electronic Money: The European Regulatory ApproachAndres Guadamuz and John Usher7. VAT on Electronic Services Directive 2002/38/ECAmending VAT Law for Electronic Transactions: A Simple Choice for aSimple Tax?Sandra Eden8. Distance Selling Directive 1977; Distance Marketing of Financial ServicesDirective 2002Distance Marketing in the European UnionAnnette Nordhausen9. Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception ofCommunications) Regulations 2000Workplace Surveillance, Privacy and New TechnologiesJane Fraser10. Disability Discrimination Act 1995Web Access and DisabilityMartin Sloan

An essential text for all students, scholars and practitioners of e-commerce regulation, it holds important international lessons regarding successes and limitations of the EU's approach in this regulatory space...Edwards' excellent volume is both internationally relevant and socially important... Andrea M. Matwyshyn International Journal of Law and Information Technology 2008 ...this is a book which should be on the shelves of any lawyer - practising or academic - who has an interest in E-Commerce. TJ McIntyre SCRIPT-ed Volume 4, Issue 3, September 2007 This collection of essays is a useful reference source with respect to various issues of current topical interest in the field of e-commerce law, and provides a thoughtful analysis of the effectiveness of those laws...the essays in this collection are both thought provoking and entertaining, which is a rare combination in a legal text. Gaye Middleton The Journal of E-Commerce, Technology and Communications Vol 13: Issue 1, Jan 2007 Edwards and her fellow-contributors deal with a wide range of issues,...As well as a thorough exegesis of the ECD, the collection contains competent treatments of the EC Electronic Money Directive 2000... Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers' Association, Vol 15, No 3 Dec 06