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International Electronic Contracts and Brazilian Law: between the domestic legal deficit and global solutions

Abstract

The article explores some issues regarding the interface between international electronic contracts and private international law. Today, thanks to the internet, cross-border commercial transactions, previously unthinkable, become possible. However, as to the inherent specificities of the internet, contracts having connecting factors offer bring questions related to determination of law applicable or even validity issues, among others. Unlike the extensive regulatory agenda furthered by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the subject, Brazil needs to assess existing initiatives and designing the necessary solutions for ensuring legal certainty in this field.

Keywords:
International Contracts; Private International Law; Internet; Electronic Commerce; UNCITRAL.

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