Electronic Contracts in Eu Online Commerce: Comparative Perspectives From the Uk and the United States

The rapid advancement of technology has significantly changed the form of legal relations between parties. Electronic contracts are a good illustration of this, allowing parties to a contract to quickly and efficiently carry out specific legal actions. It should be emphasized that the active use of electronic contracts also raises important legal questions, mostly regarding consumer protection and the validity of contracts concluded between them. The article reviews electronically concluded contracts in online commerce, the main types of electronically concluded contracts and its legal regulation in online commerce, which is largely based on the legal framework of the European Union. In this regard, special attention is paid to the main legislative mechanisms and regulations. Apart of the analysis of the European Union legal system, the article briefly reviews the approaches of the United Kingdom and the United States to the same issue, as well as how procedural issues related to electronic contracts are implemented in the present legal systems. Based on the results of the study, despite the fact that a comprehensive legislative framework has been developed by the European Union, the rapid development of digital technologies creates a number of challenges, in parallel with which it is necessary to continuously develop and refine legislation, which will be aimed at protecting the rights and interests of each party to the contract and of course, at the equal distribution of obligations