Expressing Contractual Willingness with the Symbol ‘Like ’ in the Palestinian Law

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MOHAMMAD SAABNEH

Abstract

The researcher addressed the topic of ‘Expressing the Contractual Willingness with the Symbol
like (
) in the Palestinian Law’ according to the descriptive, analytical and deductive approach. The
study aimed at explaining the nature of this willingness and the means of expressing it, defining the
emoji symbols and their semantic functions, as well as explaining the position of the law on expressing
the willingness with the emoji symbol ( ), and how to express it with this symbol. The researcher
concluded several results. The most important of which is that the law in Palestine permits the
expression of willingness via an electronic data message, and this message may be in the form of emojis,
such as the symbol ( ). This symbol is not suitable to constitute an expression of willingness through an
offer, though it is suitable to constitute an acceptance of this offer, and through it the contract is
concluded and its effects are produced. One of the most important recommendations of the researcher is
theat the Palestinian legislator’s call for the necessity of legal regulation of these symbols, as they are
one of the new means used to express the will of people, especially in their civil and electronic
commercial transactions.

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