The role of the Algerian legislator in re-balancing the electronic contract

Abstract

Despite the many advantages that e-commerce contracts bring to those who sign them, they involve many risks at the same time due to the disparity of legal positions between the two parties to the contract, which prompted the Algerian legislator to issue Law No. 18/05 of May 10, 2018, related to electronic commerce, which Through it, he tried to achieve a balance for the electronic contract by developing a set of legal rules aimed at protecting the consumer as the weak party in the relationship, whether in the stage prior to the conclusion of the contract, or after its conclusion.

Keywords

• the electronic consumer; electronic resource; electronic trade; civil protection
• penal protection; penal protection