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Electronic contract as legal cibercommunication

This essay seeks to observe the e-commerce, cyberspace and the contract electronics from the theory of social systems of niklas luhmann. Social systems are composed of communications, which are characteristic features of such systems. However, based on the concept of cibersystem, you can talk about "cibercommunication" (stockinger). Thus, the electronic contract will be observed as legal cibercommunication. The contract is a form of privileged communication, allowing the structural coupling between social systems and cibersystems. This dynamic virtual, the social system, the legal system and cyberspace are building a relationship of mutual interdependence. observe the contract system may give different possibilities for making decisions in the field of contractual dogmatic.

Contracts; e-commerce; theory of systems; communication; law


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