E-COMMERCE LAW AROUND THE WORLD: A CONCISE HANDBOOK

About the Book

E-Commerce Law Around the World contains summaries of E-commerce statutes, regulations, directives and model legislation of the United Nations, the European Union, and more than 120 countries on six continents. At the end, the laws are synthesized and commonalities and differences among them are noted. This is Volume I of the E-COMMERCE LAW TRILOGY. The other volumes are also scheduled for release in 2011: Volume II, The Model Electronic Transactions Act: An E-Commerce Law for the World; and Volume III, Certification Authority Law Around the World. All of them will soon be available for purchase at Xlibris.com and other outlets.

About the Author

Stephen Errol Blythe is Professor of Accounting & Business Law in the College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He earned a Ph.D. in Business Administration at the University of Arkansas in 1979 and a Ph.D. in Computer Law at The University of Hong Kong in 2010. He has published 34 computer law articles in distinguished journals such as: Chicago-Kent Journal of Intellectual Property, Columbia Journal of East European Law, European Journal of Law and Economics, Houston Journal of International Law, North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology, Northwestern Journal of International Law and Business, Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, and Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property. In the 1980s, he practiced law solo in Houston, Texas representing numerous plaintiff-employees in litigation against defendant-employers. In the 1990s, he was affiliated with the law firm of Cheek, Cheek & Cheek in Oklahoma City and represented numerous defendant-insurance companies in litigation. He has traveled to more than 50 countries on 6 continents. Dr. Blythe may be contacted at: ecommercelaw@hotmail.com.