E-Commerce Law- Period 3

Today consumers are as, or more, likely to buy groceries, clothes, electronics or entertainment products online, while businesses outsource everything from data analytics and data storage to personnel management and brand development to online suppliers. The European Union has a long history of investment in, encouragement for, and development of, electronic commerce and for more than 20 years has established a strong, and mostly coherent, regulatory framework for the e-commerce sector. The course gives insight into the main issues on e-commerce such as liability of service providers, electronic contracting, fintech, electronic identification, and online dispute resolution.

Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.