Contemporary Legal Issues in Electronic Commerce in Nigeria

Contemporary Legal Issues in Electronic Commerce in Nigeria

The Internet has no doubt added a great deal to the quality of human life today. It has knitted the world together as a global village. Many difficulties which hampered international and even national commercial transactions in the past have now been consigned to the dust-bin of history. The emergen...

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Main Author: TI Akomolede
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: North-West University 2008-10-01
Series:Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal
Subjects:
Nigeria
internet
electronic commerce
Online Access:http://TheInternethasnodoubtaddedagreatdealtothequalityofhumanlifetoday.Ithasknittedtheworldtogetherasaglobalvillage.Manydifficultieswhichhamperedinternationalandevennationalcommercialtransactionsinthepasthavenowbeenconsignedtothedust-binofhistory.Theemergenceofelectroniccommerceisasaresultofthecreationoftheinternet,throughwhichcommercialtransactionsareconductedbetweenpartiesfromdifferentpartsoftheworldandwhomayneverseethemselvesintheirlifetimes.However,theemergenceofelectroniccommercehasalsobroughtwithitanumberoflegalandsocio-economicproblems,especiallyinthedevelopingnationssuchasNigeria–problemswhichposesignificancechallengestothelegalregimeofelectroniccommerceinthosecountries.ThispaperexaminestheselegalissueswithinthecontextofthecurrentlegalandregulatoryframeworkforelectroniccommerceinNigeria.

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http://TheInternethasnodoubtaddedagreatdealtothequalityofhumanlifetoday.Ithasknittedtheworldtogetherasaglobalvillage.Manydifficultieswhichhamperedinternationalandevennationalcommercialtransactionsinthepasthavenowbeenconsignedtothedust-binofhistory.Theemergenceofelectroniccommerceisasaresultofthecreationoftheinternet,throughwhichcommercialtransactionsareconductedbetweenpartiesfromdifferentpartsoftheworldandwhomayneverseethemselvesintheirlifetimes.However,theemergenceofelectroniccommercehasalsobroughtwithitanumberoflegalandsocio-economicproblems,especiallyinthedevelopingnationssuchasNigeria–problemswhichposesignificancechallengestothelegalregimeofelectroniccommerceinthosecountries.ThispaperexaminestheselegalissueswithinthecontextofthecurrentlegalandregulatoryframeworkforelectroniccommerceinNigeria.

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