Looks at the electronic signature law And Iraqi electronic transactions

Abstract

Iraqi legislator has issued the Act No. 87 (2102) concerning the Electronic Signature and Electronic Transactions to keep pace with progress in the field of information technology. In order to analyze the general principles of this Act, We tackled four major issues of this Act: First: the general trend of the organization of the Act. Second: the scope of application of the Act an. Third: the conclusion of the electronic contract. Fourth: Authentication of electronic documents.The research shows some organizational deficiencies of these transactions by using comparative approach of similar legislations in some of Arab countries especially the Iraqi Act was the last one issued.