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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.

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