Competent Court for Hearing the Lawsuits resulting from Electronic Contracts

The unique nature of the internet and contracts concluded in virtual space have the remarkable effects in many of traditional principles and concepts of courts jurisdiction. One of these contracts is the electronic contracts of business to consumer (B2C) in which the consumer is primarily considered as the weaker party of the contract. Hence, it needs a protective mechanism. One of the protective aspects of the consumer is to determine a competent court and to pay attention to “a special procedure in lawsuits of electronic contracts”. By way of determining such court, the presentation of an analysis based on theory of “Activity-Orientation” is the final outcome which is offered to the Iranian legislator as an approach.