ELECTRONIC CONTRACT FORMATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Although electronic contract consists of offer and acceptance, its specific characteristics and the fact that parties to it state their intention in a virtual world i.e. Cyber-space, and specially given consumer's need of enough protection in this environment, new rules have been included in laws concerning this kind of contract which seek to make sure that consumer has been well informed before accepting the offer and making the contract. In this paper, first are studied the offer and its rules and second come the acceptance and some issues about it in electronic consumer contracts.