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UIC School of Law

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The Legislative Jurisdiction Of States Over Transactions In International Electronic Commerce, 18 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 689 (2000), Tapio Puurunen Jan 2000

The Legislative Jurisdiction Of States Over Transactions In International Electronic Commerce, 18 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 689 (2000), Tapio Puurunen

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

With increasing growth and development of E-commerce and a rapid increase in the number of Internet Users, government assessment of current protections granted to consumers in their states is encouraged. The author's purpose is to examine national legislation on e-commerce regulation and its limits, to resolve jurisdictional conflict of laws associated with e-commerce, and to propose possible solutions to these emerging problems. This article covers market functions between business and consumer transactions. First, government should not ignore consumer e-commerce since e-commerce trade is significant on both national and international levels. Secondly, the author pushes for an extensive effort to unify …