Electronic Evidence

As the electronic technology has flourish, various kinds of computer crime case and disputes about electronic commerce and electronic governmental affairs, which makes it more and more important to study electronic evidence. Electronic evidence has become a completely new kind of evidence. Electronic Evidence Era is going to computerize all kinds of traditional evidence.On the basis of the basic theory, the dissertation makes a comprehensive and profound study of practice and legislation on electronic evidence. It consists of 3 chapters besides the introduction and the epilog, more than 50,000 Chinese characters.By briefly introducing the increasing effect of various kinds of electronic information on legal existence, the introduction set forth the significance of the resolution of the computer crime case, disputes about electronic commerce and electronic governmental affairs and the safeguard of the rapid and normal development of electronic commerce.Chapter 1 concerns the basic theory of electronic evidence. By representing the concept, feature and catalogues of electronic evidence, this chapter analysis all kinds of theories on the legal status of electronic evidences, and holds that electronic evidence is an independent kind of evidence. At last, this chapter probes into competency and weight of electronic evidence.Chapter 2 concerns the exercise of electronic evidence. This chapter makes a presentation of the special subject taking evidence, expounds the procedural rules about searching and seizure, and deeply studying the contents and method of the examination and estimation of electronic evidences.Chapter 3 concerns the legislation on electronic evidence. This chapter first makes a comparative study of the legislation on electronic evidence in several major countries and international organizations, then with which comments the system and contents of the legislation onelectronic evidence in our country, analyzes the shortcomings of the legislation on electronic evidence in our country, and advances some advices to better the exiting legislation.The conclusive part teases the clew and summarizes all the contents.