NACPEC: North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce

Academic Publications

Alphabetized by author's last name, then title

Budnitz, Mark E., “Consumers surfing for sales in cyberspace: what constitutes acceptance and what legal terms and conditions bind the consumer?” (2000) 16 Georgia State University Law Review 741. Available in Westlaw or Lexis.

Budnitz, Mark E., Privacy protection for consumer transactions in electronic commerce: why self-regulation is inadequate (2000) 49 South Carolina Law Review 847. Available in Westlaw or Lexis.

Center For International Legal Studies, “Legal Issues in the Global Information Society.” This publication analyzes legal issues facing the WSIS. It provides an analysis of the main legal topics discussed at WSIS, including Internet regulation, privacy, data protection and trans-border data flows, copyright, patents, domain names, and dispute resolution.

Connolly Chris. “Electronic Commerce: Legal and Consumer Issues.” Paper presented at the Cyberlaw Conference (Business Law Education Centre) (April 1, 1998)

Geist, Michael. “Consumer Protection and Licensing Regimes Review,” The Implications of Electronic Commerce, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section (January 2000)

Geva, Benjamin. “Consumer Protection in Electronic Fund Transfers,” Osgoode Hall Law of York University (March 21, 2002)

Graton Eloise. “M-Commerce: The Notion of Consumer Consent in Receiving Location Based Advertising,” Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 1, Number 3 (November 2002)

Gregory, D. John. “Solving Legal Issues in Electronic Government: Jurisdiction, Regulation, Governance,” Canadian Journal of Law and Technology, 1 No. 3 (2002)

Gutermuth M. Joan & Sarah Jukiewickz. “Consumer Contracting Over the Internet: Determining Offer, Acceptance and Material Terms”

Kamal, Ahmad, “The Law of Cyberspace An Invitation to the Table of Negotiations,” United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), First Edition (October 2005)

Kee J. Jason. “Principles in Practice: The Canadian Response to Consumer Protection Issues in Electronic Commerce,” University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2001)

Kernaghan Webb, “Standards and the Law: Partners in Protecting Consumers” ISO Bulletin, (February, 2002)

Kernaghan Webb, “Voluntary Codes and Multinational Enterprises in an International Context: A Consumer Perspective,” Chapter 13 in Les difis de gourvernance à l'aube du XXIe siècle (Montreal: ASDEQ, 1999)

Ladouceur, Nicole, “Calibrating the Electronic Scales: Tipping the Balance in Favour of a Vigorous and Competitive Electronic Market for Consumers,” Canadian/United States Law Institute, Cleveland Ohio (April 1999)

Larose, Robert & Nora Rifon. “Your Privacy is Assured–Of Being Invaded: Websites With and Without Privacy Seals,” Michigan State University.

Lawson Philippa. “Comparative Analysis of BBBOnline Draft Code of Online Business Practices With Other Consumer E-Commerce Codes and Standards,” Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) (March 2000)

Lawson Philippa. “Comments on Electronic Authentication: An Element of Canada's Trust Agenda,” Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) (April 2000)

Lee A. Bygrave & Dan Svantensson. Jurisdictional Issues and Consumer Protection in Cyberspace: the View from Down Under (2001).

Love, James. “The World Consumer Protection Organization.” Paper presented at the European Commission Forum on Political Institutions and Democracy in an Information Society, Consumer Project on Technology (CPTech) (March19-20 1999).

Maggs, Gregory E., “Internet solutions to consumer protection problems,” 49 South Carolina Law Review 888 (1998).

McChesney, Allan “Feasibility Studies For New Standards Relating to Consumers and Electronic Commerce” (February 14, 2000)

Peng Hwa Ang, “Ordering Chaos, Regulating the Internet,” Nanyang Technological University, (2005) ISBN/ISSN: 9812437150

Public Interest Advocacy Centre. “Comparative Review of Laws and Voluntary Codes Relating to Certain Aspects of Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce” (November 1999)

Schu, Reinhardt. “Consumer Protection and Private International Law in Internet Contracts,” Chicago Kent College of Law (June 1996)

Tassé Roger & Maxime Faille. “Online Consumer Protection, A Study of Regulatory Jurisdiction in Canada.” Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (July, 2001)

Tassé Roger & Kathleen Lemieux. “Consumer Protection Rights in the Context of Electronic Commerce” (March 1998)

Téllez, Valdés, Julio y Gaudencio Delgado Flores, “Temas de Derecho Informático” Dirección General de Compilación y Consulta del Orden Jurídico Nacional de la Secretaría de Gobernación; Junio 2006 (650 páginas)

Velasco, Cristos, “Consumer Protection Provision in the Declaration of Principles and the Plan of Action of the World Summit of the Information Society (WSIS)”, CBEJI Observer 2nd Edition January-February 2005 (in English and Portuguese). A publication of Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Jurídicos da Internet (CBEJI)

Velasco, Cristos, “Protección al Consumidor en el Contexto de la Sociedad de la Información” Revista de Investigación Jurídica Nova Iuris del Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Campus Estado de México, Año 1, Numero 1 (Enero, 2005)

Velasco, Cristos, “Electronic Signatures For Mexican Consumers” Inter-American Trade Report, Volume 12, Number 1, January 2005. National Law Centre for Inter-American Free Trade.

Velasco, Cristos “Where Does Mexico Stand on Internet Policy?” Mexico – Internet Legislation, Two Views. Inter-American Trade Report. First Part, Volume 11 number 1 (January 2004); Second Part Volume 11 number 2 (February 2004), National Law Centre for Inter-American Free Trade

Velasco, Cristos. “Consumidores en Ambientes Virtuales,” Entérate en Línea, Dirección General de Servicios de Cómputo Académico de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (November 2003)

Velasco, Cristos. “Privacidad y protección de datos personales en Internet. Es necesario contar con una regulación especifica en México,” Boletín de Política Informática del Instituto Nacional de Estadística Geografía e Informática (INEGI), Ano No. 1, 2003

Velasco, Cristos, “Requirements for Preservation of Data Messages” Inter-American Trade Report, Volume 9, Number 6, June 2002. National Law Centre for Inter-American Free Trade.

Velasco, Cristos. “Consumer Protection in the Advent of Electronic Commerce. A Comparative Legal Approach of Consumer Protection Issues in the Business to Consumer Electronic Marketplace with Special Emphasis in Mexico and in the United States.”

Thesis submitted to the International Trade Law Program (LLM) at the University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law for the Degree of Master of Laws in International Trade Law (LLM), Directors: Drs. Boris Kozolchyk and Mariana Silveira, Tucson Arizona (December 2001).