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    The Signature in Law

    From the Thirteenth Century to the Facsimile

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    Author(s)
    Mason, Stephen
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    This book explores the judicial development of the concept of the signature from the thirteenth century to the age of the facsimile transmission. It puts the concept of the signature into a broad legal context to set out the purposes that can be attributed to a signature, and to explain the functions a signature is capable of performing. Drawing on cases from common law jurisdictions across the world, the book demonstrates that judges expanded the meaning of a signature as technologies developed and were used in unanticipated ways. Following an overview of the methods used to demonstrate proof of intent and authentication, the book considers the judicial response to the array of variations in the form that manuscript signatures have been subject over the past two hundred years, from initials, partial signatures and fingerprints, to rubber stamps and typewriting. Past judicial decision-making not only demonstrates the flexibility of the form a signature can take, but also confirms that judges had the flexibility of mind to accept the first forms of electronic signature (telex, facsimile transmission) as merely one further development without the aid of special legislation.
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    https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86294
    Keywords
    signature; authentication; facsimile transmission; common law; adapting; technological developments
    DOI
    10.14296/zbwc8919
    ISBN
    9781911507314, 9781911507338, 9781911507413, 9781911507321
    Publisher
    University of London Press
    Publisher website
    https://uolpress.co.uk/
    Publication date and place
    London, 2022
    Imprint
    University of London Press
    Series
    OBserving Law,
    Pages
    122
    Rights
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
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    • If not noted otherwise all contents are available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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