Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents

EDI is emerging as a genuinely new means of transferring information, completely different from paper documents. For centuries, paper documents were the dominant means of communicating information, and even now, at the end of 2Oth century, they still keep this position. However, there is no doub...

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Main Author: Časlav Pejović
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hrvatska Akademija Znanosti i Umjetnosti 1997-11-01
Series:Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/170607
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description EDI is emerging as a genuinely new means of transferring information, completely different from paper documents. For centuries, paper documents were the dominant means of communicating information, and even now, at the end of 2Oth century, they still keep this position. However, there is no doubt that in first decades of next century EDI will replace paper documents to become the dominant and, in the future probably exclusive means of communicating information, at least in business transactions. The existinglaws affecting commercial transactions do not provide a satisfactory environment to allow the use of EDI or other similar means of data communication. The traditional law contains various requirements that are obstructive to electronic commerce. The computer revolution has found many jurisdictions not prepared to deal with the electronic transfer of data. In addition, there is considerable lack of international uniformity in this area. (...)
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spelling doaj.art-eb93c8d7f45c4b598208f24aa98dcac52022-12-22T01:49:41ZengHrvatska Akademija Znanosti i UmjetnostiPoredbeno Pomorsko Pravo1331-99141848-89271997-11-0139153-1541336Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport DocumentsČaslav Pejović0Faculty of Law. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JapanEDI is emerging as a genuinely new means of transferring information, completely different from paper documents. For centuries, paper documents were the dominant means of communicating information, and even now, at the end of 2Oth century, they still keep this position. However, there is no doubt that in first decades of next century EDI will replace paper documents to become the dominant and, in the future probably exclusive means of communicating information, at least in business transactions. The existinglaws affecting commercial transactions do not provide a satisfactory environment to allow the use of EDI or other similar means of data communication. The traditional law contains various requirements that are obstructive to electronic commerce. The computer revolution has found many jurisdictions not prepared to deal with the electronic transfer of data. In addition, there is considerable lack of international uniformity in this area. (...)https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/170607electronic data interchange (EDI)transport documentsinternational tradecommercial transactionselectronic commercelegal problemselektronička razmjena podatakaprijevozne ispraveprimjena EDI u praksi
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Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
Poredbeno Pomorsko Pravo
electronic data interchange (EDI)
transport documents
international trade
commercial transactions
electronic commerce
legal problems
elektronička razmjena podataka
prijevozne isprave
primjena EDI u praksi
title Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
title_full Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
title_fullStr Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
title_full_unstemmed Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
title_short Legal Challenges in the Implementation of Electronic Data Interchange in Transport Documents
title_sort legal challenges in the implementation of electronic data interchange in transport documents
topic electronic data interchange (EDI)
transport documents
international trade
commercial transactions
electronic commerce
legal problems
elektronička razmjena podataka
prijevozne isprave
primjena EDI u praksi
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