E-consumer right of cancelling contracts in electronic commerce

Abstract EN

This paper focuses on the importance of determining the need to adopt the option of renouncing the electronic contract.

that the consumer in remote contracting has no real possibility before the contract is concluded to see what is contracted or check its characteristics, so it had to be awarded in this type of contract the right of return.

considering that consumer protection in the context of remote contracting of which one of the parties is a consumer, characterized by specificity where this relationship may involve imbalance due to the dominant weakness of the consumer in the interest of the professional, the latter has a stronger position in terms of economic capacity and experience, this has led many laws and legislative texts to adopt special rules to protect the vulnerable party by rebalancing the contract.

these rules are the right to renounce or reverse the performance of the contract concluded remotely.

which is one of the fundamental pillars, which requires clarification of its concepts, regulations and legal rules governing it.

in addition, the need to adopt this right in Algerian legislation is restricted, especially in view of the fact that the consumer protection act does not contain any provision relating to the right of return.