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"Entity" and "Autonomy" - The conclusion of contracts by software agents in the eyes of the law. A software agent definition-based analysis

Faced with the ongoing evolution of software agents from mere passive tools to etailers acting autonomously for their human owners (principals), new legal challenges appear on the agenda. One of them is the question, how contracts concluded by software agents should be treated legally. Based on the characteristics of software agents identified from the definition of the term, this paper examines whether and how the conclusion of contracts by software agents is compatible with current legislation or poses problems that need to be addressed in the future. Thereby special focus will be on the autonomy property, as this one is highly disputed in legal terms.