National Law Institute University, Bhopal

Course-Curriculum
Of

E-Commerce Security & Legal Issues

Paper II

M.S. (Cyber Law and Information Security)

Third Trimester
Session 2014-15
Evaluation Scheme
Project: 20 Marks [10 Marks for Written Project Work + 10 Marks for Presentation]
Term Examination: 80 Marks

SYLLABUS
Unit 1: Introduction to E- Commerce, UNCITRAL Model Law, E-business models
1.1 Understanding E-Commerce
1.1.1 Sequence of Events that led to Electronic Commerce
1.1.2 Components of a typical successful E-Commerce transaction
1.1.3 Is e-commerce the same as e-business?
1.1.4 Economic and Social impact of Electronic Commerce
1.1.5 E-commerce related activities and International Organizations
A. Hague Conference on Private International Law
B. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
C. United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
D. World Trade Organization (WTO)
E. EU Directive on Electronic Commerce
1.2 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)
1.2.1 UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
1.2.2 Objectives of the Model Law
1.2.3 Basic Principles of the Model Law
A. Functional equivalence
B. Media and technology neutrality
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C. Party autonomy
1. 2.4 Core Provisions of the UNCITRAL Model Law
1.3 Business Models
1.3.1 What is a Business Model?
1.3.2 Types of E-commerce Business Models
1.3.3 What is B2B model?
1.3.4 What is B2C model?
1.3.5 What is C2C model?
1.3.6 What is C2B model?
1.3.7 Some Standards for e-commerce
A. OBI (Open Buying on Internet)
B. OFX (Open Financial Exchange)
C. IOTP (Internet Open Trading Protocol)
D. CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment)
Unit 2: Tools of E-Commerce: Electronic Data Interchange and Digital Signature
2.1 Electronic Data Interchange
2.1.1 Communication methods for EDI
2.1.2 EDI Software
2.1.3 Communication standards for EDI
A. XML
B. RosettaNet
C. OASIS
D. X12 EDIFACT Mapping
E. UN/EDIFACT
F. Open-EDI
2.1.4 Advantages of EDI
2.2.5 International Efforts for building a common legal platform
A. European Union Electronic Signature Directive
B. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC): GUIDEC
C. OECD adopted Guidelines for Cryptography Policy
D. UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Signatures

Unit 3: E-Contract, Mail Box rule, Impact of IT Act on E-Contracts

3.1 Communication in Electronic Form and E-contract Issues
3.1.1 Is online contracting instantaneous?
3.1.2 How to People contract online?
A. Click-wrap
B. E-mail
3.1.3 How is E-mail Transmitted?
3.1.4 Invitations, Offer and Acceptances
3.1.5 Terms of a contract
3.2 Formation of a contract and the Postal Acceptance/Mailbox
3.2.1 Parties at a Distance
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3.2.2 Non-Instantaneous Mode of Communication and formation of contract: Evolution of

Mailbox rule
3.2.3 Justification of Mailbox Rule
3.2.4 Summing Up
3.2.5 Application of Mailbox/Postal Acceptance Rule to Electronic Contracts- Legislative
Developments in US and UK
A. Position in US
B. Position in UK
3.3 Electronic Contract and Information Technology Act
3.3.1 Recognition of E-contracts
3.3.2 Determination of Place of Business
3.3.3 Recent Amendments to provide validity to electronic contracts
3.3.4 Case Law on Electronic Contract
3.3.5 Cause of Action to be determined according to Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
3.4 Software Licensing
3.4.1 Software License Agreements
3.4.2 Common License Provisions
3.4.3 Types of Software Licenses
3.4.4 Shrink Wrap License Agreements
3.4.5 Judicial Development on Shrink-wrap agreements
3.4.6 Click-Wrap License agreements
3.4.7 Judicial Development on Click-wrap Agreements
3.4.8 Browse-Wrap License Agreements
3.4.9 Judicial Development on Browse-wrap Agreements
3.4.10 Software License agreements and Adhesion Contracts
3.4.11 Open Source Licensing

Unit 4: E- Commerce and Consumer Protection

4.1 Consumer Protection in Online Commerce
4.2 The Consumer Protection Act of 1986 & Evolution of a New Legal Culture
4.3 E-commerce as a form of Distance Selling
4.4 International Initiatives to protect Consumers in E-Commerce
4.4.1 The Electronic Commerce and Consumer Protection Group
4.4.2 OECD
4.4.3 Federal Trade Commission, US
4.4.4 Other Initiatives
4.5 Alternative Dispute Resolution and E-Commerce
4.6 Introduction
4.6.1 Litigation versus ADR
4.6.2 Arbitration
4.6.3 Mediation
4.6.4 Conciliation
4.6.5 Online Dispute Resolution and Electronic Commerce
4.6.6 Factors that Encourage Opting for ODR Mechanisms
4.6.7 Existing Online ADR Models
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A. The Virtual Magistrate Project

B. The Online Ombuds Office
C. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
D. SquareTrade
E. Cybersettle.com
4.6.8 International Efforts for ODR
A. OECD
B. International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
C. American Bar Association

UNIT 5: E-Commerce Security

5.1 The Basics of E-commerce
5.2 Security threats in E-commerce environment
5.3 Technical Attacks Methods
5.4 E-Commerce Security Requirements
5.5 Implementing Enterprise wide E-commerce Security
A. SSL
B. SET
C. Dual Signature
5.6 PCI DSS
A. Terminologies
B. Requirements
C. Best Practices
D. PCI DSS & PA DSS

Suggested Readings:
1. Efraim Turban, David King Jae Lee, Ting-Peng Liang Deoborrah Turban, Electronic
Commerce 2010, A Management Perspective, Sixth Edition, Pearson Publishing, 2012
2. Kenneth C. Laudon, Carol Guercio Traver, e-Commerce, Business, Technology, Society,
Fourth Edition, Pearson Publication 2008
3. Jane K. Winn, Benjamin Wright, Law of Electronic Commerce, Fourth Edition, Wolters
Kluwer Law & Business, 2011
4. Diane Rowland, Elizabeth Mac Donald, Information Technology Law, London:
Cavendish Publishing Ltd,1997
5. Reed, Chris and Angel, John. Computer Law New York, Oxford University Press, 2003

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6. J.E.J Prins. Ed., Designing E-Government-on the Crossroads of Technological innovation

and institutional change, The Hague, Kluwer Law International, 2001
7. Parag Diwan and Shammi Kapoor Ed., Cyber and E-commerce Laws, New Delhi, Bharat
Publishing House, 2000
8. Stanley Lai, The Copyright Protection of Computer software in the U.K Oxford: Hart
publishing, 2000
9. Rechard Heins Ed., Reinventing government in the information change-international
practice in IT enabled public sector reform, London: Routledge research in information
technology and society,1999
10. Rodney D. Ryder, Guide To Cyber Laws, Butterworths
11. Rodney D. Ryder, Internet and intellectual property, New Delhi: Butterworths, 2000
12. Nandan Kamath Ed., Law relating to computers Internet and E-commerce, Delhi:
Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.,2000
13. Rahul Matthan, the Law relating Computers and the internet, New Delhi: Butterworths,
2000
14. Yee Fen Lim, Cyberspace Law, Oxford press 2001
15. Law for E-Commerce, Rogger leRoy Miller, Gay Lord A. Jentz Publisher: Thomson
Learning:2002
16. Chris Red, John Internet Law Delhi: Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd, 2004
17. Fundamentals of Information Security (Study Material)
18. John A. Blackley; Thomas R. Peltier; Justin Peltier, Information Security Fundamentals
2004 by Auerbach Publications

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