الملخص الإنجليزي
Trade plays a great role in enhancing relations with other countries. Without trans boundary trade no commodity would have gone beyond the border of any given country. Trade is a tool for exporting the excess services and products and getting the services and products the country needs. Due to the developments that helped in addressing the long distance that hindered the growth of foreign trade and the emergence of the internet in the 90s of the last century, the e-trade has emerged. It was therefore very important to draft laws and legislations to deal with such types of business transactions. The land, sea or air transport contracts are among the common contract but we will limit our study to the maritime transport; as it is the most commonly used method for transporting goods and commodities. As many maritime transport agreements are done online, the study will focus on the legality of the e-documents at the maritime transport agreements. We will show how such contracts are concluded, the liabilities of both parties, means of proving the legality of the contract and the reliability on the e-documents as evidences. We are going to rely on the E-Transactions Law No 69/2008 as well as some relevant laws such as the Omani Maritime Law No 35/81. The study concluded that it is very important to regularize the e-contracts by developing the rules and regulations for such types of transactions in the business transactions. We should define how the e-contract is made; regularize the tools for the e-signature to make it reliable evidence. We should also rehabilitate the judiciary staff members - public prosecution and judges - to help them make the appropriate decisions at the e-commerce cases. Note: This has been translated from an Arabic origin by "Professional Translators" on 5th May 2018.
