Lodder, Arno R.; Murray, Andrew D. --- "THE EUROPEAN UNION AND E-COMMERCE" [2017] ELECD 651; in Lodder, R. Arno; Murray, D. Andrew (eds), "EU Regulation of E-Commerce" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017) 1

Book Title: EU Regulation of E-Commerce

Editor(s): Lodder, R. Arno; Murray, D. Andrew

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781785369339

Section: Chapter 1

Section Title: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND E-COMMERCE

Author(s): Lodder, Arno R.; Murray, Andrew D.

Number of pages: 14

Abstract/Description:

The editors of EU Regulation of E-Commerce: A Commentary, Arno R. Lodder and Andrew, introduce the European Union’s long history of investment in, encouragement for, and development of, electronic commerce and the strong, and mostly coherent, regulatory framework for the e-commerce sector. Besides this historical overview, they also discuss the move society has made from the physical to online and back again. Finally, all chapters contained in the book are briefly introduced. Keywords: EU policy, EU e-commerce, online, information society