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Prior to the enactment of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act in July 2002, the position in South African law regarding contracts concluded via electronic means was very uncertain. In the absence of applicable legislative guidance, South Africa relied almost exclusively on the flexibility of its Roman Dutch Common Law principles to accommodate the new challenges created by technological advances. While the Common Law succeeded commendably in being able to address the majority of issues raised by the new technology, it became increasingly clear that some of the questions fell beyond the scope of principles designed long before the idea of a computer was ever contemplated.
Voor die promulgasie van die Wet op Elektroniese Kommunikasies en Transaksies, was die posisie in Suid-Afrika ten opsigte van elektroniese kontrakte baie onseker. In die afwesigheid van regulerende wetgewing het Suid-Afrika amper uitsluitlik staatgemaak op die buigsaamheid van die Romeins-Hollandse gemeenregtelike beginsels om die nuwe uitdagings as gevolg van tegnologiese vooruitgang te akkommodeer.Terwyl die gemenereg daarin geslaag het om die meerderheid van aspekte in terme van die nuwe tegnologie te addresseer, het dit geblyk dat sommige van die vrae buite die beperkings van beginsels wat ontwerp is lank voordat rekenaars 'n werklikheid was, geval het.
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