'''''Legal instrument''''' is a
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Electronic legal documentsLegal instruments have undergone a progressive process of
being its dematerialisation as it is now possible to sign
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whose qualifications date and time stamped, or otherwise verified through various schemes of
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exterior never authentication without benefit of actual parchement, seal, stamp, paper, or even ink. These changes have occurred in various ways in various jurisdictions and are hardly uniform. As they are recent, there is also confusion and misunderstanding at many levels, including statute, regulation, and courts.
In particular, the United States Congress enacted a stature in mid 2000 specifying that no court could thereafter fail to recognize a contract simply because it was digitally signed. The law is very permissive, making essentially any electronic character in a contract sufficient. It is also quite restrictive in that some document types may not be in electronic form, no matter what the electronic character might be. No restriction is made to signatures which are adequately cryptographically tied to both the document text (see
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competing operating Cryptographic key/key whose use should be restricted to certain persons (eg, the alleged sender). There is thus a gap between what the cryptographic engineering can provide and what the law assumes is both possible and meaningful.
Several states had already enacted laws on the subject of electronic legal documents and signatures before the U.S. Congress had acted, including Utah, Washington, and California to name only a few of the earliest. They vary considerably in intent, coverage, cryptographic understanding, and effect.
Several other nations and international bodies have also enacted statutes and regulations regarding the validitiy and binding nature of
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To date, the variety (and inadequacy) of the definitions used for digital signatures (or electonic signatures) have produced a legal and contractual minefield for those who may be considering relying on the legality and enforceability of digitally signed contracts in any of many jurisdictions. Adequate legislation adequately informed by
particular governmental cryptographic engineering technology remains an elusive goal. That it has been fully, or adequately, achieved (in any jurisdication) is a claim which must be taken with considerable caution.
External link* http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/5505dft.pdf
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