Are the Basic Definitions of the U.S. Electronic Transactions Act Compatible with those in other Legal Systems?
Martha L. Arias, Immigration & Internet Law Attorney, Miami, IBLS Director Monday, April 19, 2010 Common law systems such as the United States’ are increasingly codifying their laws; this seems a tendency that deserves attention from legal systems analysts. Although case law is still the major legal source in the United States, federal codes and statutes such as the Internal Revenue Code, the Immigration and Naturalization Act, and other relevant federal statutes set the legal mandates to be followed by federal courts in any state. Obviously, interpretation of those statutes, in addition to the statutory norm, becomes the binding case law; similarly to what civil law systems call “jurisprudence.” Case law and jurisprudence, however, are technically different concepts that deserve to be addressed in other article. Besides these federal codes and statutes, the U.S. has some hybrid uniform codes. These are codes not officially drafted by Congress, but codified by relevant organizations su
