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Rensselaer Professor Participates in United Nations Negotiations
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The Business Times
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November 1, 2005
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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) concluded its 38th annual plenary session in Vienna, Austria with the adoption of a new draft convention on the use of electronic communications in international contracting. William J. Luddy, Jr. , J. D., professor, Lally School of Management and Technology, Rensselaer's Hartford Campus, has been directly involved in the development of this treaty since 2002 and participated in the final diplomatic negotiations in Vienna last July.
The new convention not only provides international legal standards for electronic transactions, but also enables integration of the new provisions in a wide range of earlier treaties. Professor ...