To a considerable extent, use of the Internet has challenged the applicability of prevalent laws. To ensure that the comfort factor deeply ingrained in written contract formation is respected, two aspects that have been in the eye of the storm are the necessity or otherwise of the formal requirement of written contract before a legal relationship is constituted and the need for a signature. Since Internet virtually combines all the different modes of communications into one print, screen, sound it becomes essential to be aware of the liability it might generate for the unwary. Liability for Content on the Internet embodies four chapters Defamation and the Internet, especially through libel, has become more possible, whether by intent or oversight and coupled with the fact that mostly it is transnational, it becomes essential to understand the ramifications and remedies available. Use of email, chat groups, mailing lists, and the web combined with implementation of jurisdiction, governing law and enforcement issues makes life even more difficult.
News is to be disseminated very fast.
The views, opinions and biases of persons who report them accompany it. The reader has been reached, and in some way or the other, affected. The reach and catchment on the Internet is even greater than the other sources of communications. If some legal action were to be generated in an event covered by the news, it would be unfair if the prejudice planted in the minds of the readers were to affect the outcome of the trial. The title culminates in Part V, Electronic Evidence and Procedure, comprising of only one chapter, i.e. the Impact of IT upon Civil Practice and Procedure.