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VOL. 12, ISSUE 3 (2026)
Cybersecurity, digital contracting and commercial law in Jordan: A functional legal assessment
Authors
Dr. Hazem Alnsour
Abstract
Electronic commerce is dependent upon systems that can authenticate parties, provide evidence, automatically perform transactions, contain confidential information, and interconnect firms with third parties. Failure in cybersecurity, accordingly, may have implications for issues such as consent, performance, evidence, confidentiality, and loss allocation. This paper seeks to examine the interaction between cybersecurity and digital contracting in Jordan in terms of doctrines of commercial liability, electronic contracting, authentication, regulation of cybercrimes, outsourcing, risk allocation in contracts, and the treatment of breaches after cyber incidents. It will be argued that cybersecurity should not be seen in isolation as merely a technical or criminal law matter. If cybersecurity measures are necessary to reach an agreement or to perform a commercial agreement in digital systems, then it must be part of the performance of the contract, its evidence, cooperation, and liability. Jordan currently has several bases for cybersecurity, cyber crimes, electronic transactions, and private laws, but more coordination is required between public cybersecurity duties and private-law consequences of cybersecurity.
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Pages:449-453
How to cite this article:
Dr. Hazem Alnsour "Cybersecurity, digital contracting and commercial law in Jordan: A functional legal assessment". International Journal of Law, Vol 12, Issue 3, 2026, Pages 449-453
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