Book Review: EDirectives: Guide to European Union Law on E-Commerce — Commentary on the Directives on Distance Selling, Electronic Signatures, Electronic Commerce, Copyright and the Information Society and Data Protection
| DOI | 10.1177/1023263X0401100305 |
| Published date | 01 September 2004 |
| Date | 01 September 2004 |
| Subject Matter | Book Review |
11 MJ 3 (2004) 321
Book Reviews
Arno R. Lodder and Henrik W.K. Kaspersen (eds.), EDirectives: Guide
to European Union Law on E-commerce – Commentary on the Directives
on Distance Selling, Electronic Signatures, Electronic Commerce,
Copyright and the Information Society and Data Protection, Kluwer Law
International, 2002, xii + 203 pages, hardback, € 70.
This book entitled EDirectives: Guide to European Union Law on E-commerce has
been published as Volume 14 of Kluwer Law International’s Law and Electronic
Commerce series which comprises works exploring those areas which lie on the
boundaries of law and electronic commerce developments. As observed by the editors
in the Preface, a main feature distinguishing the book from other works of this type is its
approach which, instead of simply providing an overview of specific legal issues
concerned with electronic commerce, rather focuses on an analysis of the selected,
electronic commerce-orientated EU Directives. This is mirrored by the structure of the
book which (completely in accordance with the subtitle given to the book by its editors)
is that of an article-by-article commentary on the provisions of a number of so-called
Information Society Directives. The focus of the book is thus on European legislation,
with references to the national laws of the Member States occasionally being made in
the context of the national implementation of the discussed EU Directives.
EDirectives: Guide to European Union Law on E-commerce is a compilation of
contributions written by lawyers from several Member States, mainly (but not
exclusively) with an academic background, who specialize either in electronic
commerce in general or, in particular, in certain aspects thereof discussed in the book.
The volume consists of six chapters: one of which has an introductory character while
the remaining five are devoted to each of the selected piece(s) of EU law concerning
electronic commerce. The discussion, arranged in a chronological order, focuses on the
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