Blog posts: private international law

How can I ensure that my website complies with all local and international laws?
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Fri, 09/12/2011 - 10:59

This question is commonly asked and easily answered: you can't. That's right, in practice you can't ensure that a website will comply with all applicable laws. Why not? To answer this question, you need to appreciate a couple of basic legal points. First, a website may be impacted by laws of many different kinds. Second, there is no "international law" of websites as such. Website legal compliance needs to be approached from a national perspective.
Legal area:
private international law
internet law
Internet contracts and jurisdiction
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Mon, 14/07/2008 - 11:25

Issues of jurisdiction are important to online traders, not least because of the transnational character of many internet contracts. Private international law (also known as conflict of laws) is the legal subject concerned with jurisdictional questions – i.e. questions of where court proceedings may be brought. Private international law is international inasmuch as it is concerned with cross-border legal disputes, but – because there are no real private international courts – it must be considered from particular national perspectives.
Legal area:
private international law
contract law
Internet contracts and applicable law
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Sun, 15/06/2008 - 11:56

Many contracts, and the vast majority of professionally-drafted contracts, contain what is known as a “choice of law” clause. Choice of law clauses specify the law that will be used to interpret the contract.
Legal area:
private international law
internet law
contract law