Table of contents Title page i Abstract ii Declaration of originality iii Dedication iv Acknowledgements v Abbreviations vi Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 An Overview of the internet 1 1.2.1 History of the internet 2 Background 3 1.3.1 Cyber contracts trend 4 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.3.1.1 Legal recognition of cyber contracts 4 1.3.1.2 The Model Law’s intervention 5 Research aims and objectives 7 1.4.1 Research limitation 8 Chapter structure 8 Chapter 2 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Lesotho common law contract principles 10 2.3 History of the law of contract 11 2.3.1 11 An overview of the definition of a contract vii