关于电子签名法律效力及作为证据的初步探析

21世纪,随着电子化的繁荣发展,电子签名的适用也越来越频繁,而在诉讼中如何确认电子合同及电子签名的效力,以及作为证据使用时需要注意的事项,还比较模糊. 本文力图从电子签名和证据法的基本理论入手,分析中国电子签名的效力及电子证据形式的要求. 最后在司法实践中,通过电子签名与其他文件相印证的方式使得形成一个完整的证据链,来提高司法机关采纳的几率,以便在产生纠纷时,维护好自己的合法权益.

A Preliminary Study on Legal Validity of Electronic Signatures and Electronic Signatures Evidence

Electronic signature has been widel and frequently used nowadays. However, as for the va-lidity of electronic contracts and electronic signatures in legal proceedings, together with the issue of how to use electronic signature evidence, the relative regulations are not clear. Based on the basic theo-ry of electronic signatures and the law of evidence, analyzes the effectiveness of China' s electronic sig-nature and the requirements of the form of electronic evidence. Finally, in judicial practice, through e-lectronic signature and other documents we can form a complete chain of evidence, improve the chances of adoption of the judiciary, and eventually safeguard people' s legitimate rights and interests.