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37 Idaho L. Rev. 237 (2000-2001)
Introduction to the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act: Principles, Policies and Provisions

handle is hein.journals/idlr37 and id is 245 raw text is: INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT: PRINCIPLES, POLICIES AND PROVISIONS PATRICIA BRUMFIELD FRY* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN TROD UCTION ............................................................................ 237 II. WHAT IS ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ....................................... 238 III. LEGAL BARRIERS TO ELECTRONIC COMMERCE .............. 241 A. Evidence and Memorial ......................................................... 243 B. Notice and Communication ................................................... 244 C. Ritual and Precaution ............................................................. 244 D . Token or Property ................................................................... 246 IV. INTRODUCTION TO THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT ................................................................ 247 V. THE PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT ................................................................ 250 A Scope ........................................................................................ 25 1 B. Electronic Records and Signatures ....................................... 255 C. Security Procedures and Attribution .................................... 257 D. Electronic Agents and Automated Transactions ................. 261 E. Record-keeping and Evidence ............................................... 264 F. Time and Place of Sending and Receipt ................................. 266 G. Consum er Protection ............................................................. 268 H . Transferable Records .............................................................. 269 I. Governm ent Records ............................................................... 272 VI. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ....................................................... 272 I. INTRODUCTION Our lives have changed. Like it or not, the Internet, and the computers which make it possible and essential, have begun to cause fundamental change in human society. Information has become * Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia. The author is a member of the University's Center for the Digital Globe. She is a member of the National Confer- ence of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws representing the State of Missouri, and a member of its Executive Committee. During the process of drafting the Uniform Elec- tronic Transactions Act, she was a member of the Conference for the State of North Da- kota. The opinions in this article are those of the author alone.