Typing a name in an electronic document
The use of electronic signatures pre-dates any form of legislation, and in the latter decade of the twentieth century, adjudicators found themselves applying well established legal principles to new technologies when presented in the form of electronic signatures, just as judges in the nineteenth century were confronted with the increasing use of printing, typewriting and telegrams: all, is must be said, without the need for special legislation to be enacted.
Case law
For case law from across the world, see Electronic Signatures in Law and the Digital Evidence and Electronic Signature Law Review.
