电子商务立法的国际比较及对我国的启示

A Comparative Study on International Electronic Commerce Legisl ation & Suggestions for China's Legislation

电子商务的迅速发展实质性地改变了传统市场交易的形式。而作为法律调整和规范的主要对象之一,交易形式的变化要求有新的法律规定与之相适应。在国际上,关于电子商务的立法活动已经形成了一种浪潮。而我国的电子商务立法工作却一直进展缓慢。其中有认识上的问题,更主要的是立法经验的不足。本文从借鉴有关立法先进国家的立法经验以加快我国的立法工作的目的出发,选择了具有代表性的3个国家(地区):新加坡、美国和欧盟,对其电子商务立法实践进行比较研究,并在此基础上得到了对我国电子商务立法的一些启示。

The dramatically developing electronic commerce has b een bringing about great impact to contemporary commercial activities as well as other aspects of human life. And traditional forms of transactions are subject to likely fundamental changes, to which laws are required to adopt. Therefore, n ew norms and regulations should be established. Nowadays, legislative activities aimed at E-commerce are an international surge, but Chinas case is an except ion on account of unawareness of the pressing situation and lack of legislative experience. So a study of the forthgoers experience will make sense in facilit ating our legislation work. This paper is a comparative study on E-commerce leg islation practices among three representative regions: Singapore, the U.S.A and the European Union. And some suggestions are given on the basis of this study.