Study On Civil Liability Of The Certification Authority

Certification Authority plays an important role in the development of the electronic business. For purpose to identifying the civil liability of the Certification Authority in the courses which it performs their functions, the article mainly discussed and researched the civil liability for breach of contract and civil liability for infringement of rights through multiple aspects by means of comparative research, positive analysis and law-economic analysis. Furthermore, this article gives some suggestions on bearing civil liability of the Certification Authority.This thesis includes four parts. The first part mainly analyzed the foundation principles of Certification Authority when it bearing the civil liability. moreover, the law relationship between their and the first duties of Certification Authority are established by those theories. The second part and the third part are the mainly part of the thesis. The doctrine of liability fixation of Certification Authority bearing civil liability are built through comparative research, the two parts discussed the scopes, restrictions and exceptions of the Certification Authority when it bearing civil liability. The forth part raises some legislative suggestions on bearing civil liability of the Certification Authority by the macro comparison and the micro analysis.