Internet et le droit des contrats: observation d'ordre général et identification des intervenant

The Internet and its development deserve careful scrutiny not only because of the sheer volume of information involved, but also and more especially in view of the legal implicationes. In this connection, it is by no menas certain that the established methods of analysis and the traditional legal instruments will prove equal to elucidating the uniquely novel situations produced by the "networks of networks". The question, then, is whether the Internet is merely another branch of the media or whether we are dealing with an entirely new area unique in its kind. The use of traditional rules to regulate the Internet is not incinceivable, although in certain cases they would probably have to be especially adapted for the purpose. However, the question of how best to regulate the Internet is divided between proponents of the "classical" approach and those advocating "innovative" formulae. In the field of contract law, the quest for workable solutine inevitably implies the identification and qualificatio of what exactly comprises the Internet "area" and who are the actors involved in it.