Publishers have estimated readership for the first volume to be in the range of 30,000 to 40,000, assessed Dr. Kozolchyk. Copies of the first volume are anticipated to be available for sale in February 1998. Efforts involving electronic commerce are underway in nearly all industrial and commercial sectors of the world. As the significance of electronic commerce grows, so do the challenges it presents to the international legal community. In its continuing effort to promote harmonization of laws, the Center has long been active in supporting electronic commerce and its international unification the adoption of an agreed set of rules, standards or guidelines for application to transnational transactions.
Current efforts focus on preparing rules on digital signatures and certification authorities.
The participation of government officials, scholars and business sector representatives from various countries as delegates to the experts meeting creates a well-rounded approach aiming to eliminate all possible trade barriers. Mariana Silveira is a research assistant at large for the Center. Government agencies, industries, non-governmental organizations and educational institutions were represented on the panels making presentations. The article was published Sept. 18, 1997. The Need for Asset-Based Lending Reform, by David Eaton, Latin American Law and Business Report, Sept. 1997.