电子合同与合同的书面形式要求——兼论我国相关立法之完善

On Electronic Contract and Legal Requirement of Its Written Form

电子合同并不符合传统法律中的书面形式要求,功能等同法较直接纳入法更科学地解决了电子合同的书面形式要求问题。国际立法为此也提供了科学的立法选择和示范,我国的相关立法虽然也解决了电子合同的书面要求形式问题,但在立法内容和立法协调方面存在诸多缺陷,应采用功能等同法并通过立法协调解决这些问题。

Where the traditional law requires contract to be in writing, that requirement is not met by an electronic contract. The better approach is the functional equivalent approach comparing to direct-absorbing approach for the settlement of this problem. The relevant international law provides a successful model law for domestic legislation. Chinese legislation needs to be perfected in the legal rules and harmony of law with functional equivalent approach and scientific legislative technology, although this problem has been settled in Chinese law.