Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

1-1999

Abstract

It is axiomatic that the law must change with the times. And nowhere is this more starkly demonstrated than in the shift, particularly during the last decade or so, into the information age - a shift that has radically changed the face of commerce, and will continue to do so in the years to come. In the context of commercial law, the focus on goods and property, so prevalent particularly in the middle of this century, is now giving way to an acknowledgment that the relevant legal regimes must accommodate information as contractual subject-matter. In this regard, it is widely acknowledged (and correctly at that) that the legal regimes in virtually all countries are unsuitable and need to be at least modified - or even radically changed- in order to meet the needs of the information and technological age.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Contracts

Research Areas

Corporate, Finance and Securities Law

Publication

International Journal of Law and Information Technology

Volume

7

Issue

2

First Page

103

Last Page

122

ISSN

0967-0769

Identifier

10.1093/ijlit/7.2.103

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP): Policy E - Oxford Open Option D

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1093/ijlit/7.2.103

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