The rapid development of information technology has to open the new era of changing many habits in economic and social life. In the commercial field, the application of information technology has also been actively implemented, gradually changing traditional trade, promoting the development of trade exchanges, overcoming many barriers of the national border, and towards global business. The internet and electronic contracting has changed the mode of business transaction around the world.
Despite the considerable success recorded from electronic contracting, specific legal issues have emerged while applying the traditional principles of contract law to a "borderless and paperless" electronic jurisdiction. General principles of contract law, such as offer and acceptance, jurisdiction and form and validity requirements have become ambiguous when applied to e-contracting. Increasing technology makes the contract standard more technically more complex. Usually, in electronic contracts include many protection terms for manufacturers or customer if anything goes wrong likes UNCITRAL model law on electronic commerce and the national law.
This dissertation will identify the e-contract, the challenges faced while trying to apply the general rules of contracts to e-contract agreements. Most importantly, the work seeks to determine if the principles of e-contracting vary from one jurisdiction to the other. This work will critically analyze the legal issues of e-contract. Finally, I will address the question the validity of the electronic contract and how to solve the dispute online and the recommendation about these issues.