The role of modern technological means in proving electronic administrative contracts

Abstract

there has been a big change in contracting and legal dealings, which made most transactions move from traditional paper to electronic forms using modern technology. Administrative law wasn't far from this change, and the public administration started leaning towards signing electronic administrative contracts as part of digital transformation plans to achieve efficiency, transparency, and speed in completing transactions. This research focuses on studying the modern technology methods that courts can use to validate electronic administrative contracts and their legality, by explaining the concept of these contracts, identifying their distinctive features, and important criteria for distinguishing them, and showing their validity as evidence. The importance of the research is that administrative courts still rely on the Iraqi Evidence Law to verify these contracts, and there are no specific legal texts established by the legislator to protect the rights of the contract parties due to the special nature of these contracts. The research concluded that methods for proving electronic administrative contracts have the same validity as traditional contractsBased on the foregoing, we will divide this research into two sections.

The first section will define the proof of electronic administrative contracts.

The second section will cover modern technical methods of proof. We will conclude the research with a summary of the most important findings, reinforcing our efforts with key recommendations.