Contracts are obviously the heart of any transaction. The way contracts are concluded andrnexecuted is affected by the societal level of industrial and technological developments.rnModern electronic communications, especially Internet, are widely employed at anyrncontract phase. But contract laws were legislated at the time when Internetrncommunications were unknown. As a result, conventional contract laws exhibit legal gaprnto regulate modern electronic contracts. In the same fashion, the Ethiopian Civil Codernisnâ€™t comprehensive enough to accommodate electronic contracts. Electronic contractsrnproduce strange practices to the Civil Code on Contracts in General. Due to that, thernvalidity of electronic contracts is still in question under the Code. Features of electronicrncontracts like consummation of consent, usage of automated agents, attribution ofrncommunications, input errors, time of contract completion, formality requirements,rnvariation and notice delivery, privity of contract principle, admissibility and parolernevidence rule of electronic records, arenâ€™t addressed by the Code.rnLaws necessary to accompany wide usage of electronic contracts are not compatible withrnelectronic communications in our country. Electronic contracts seek securerncommunication on the Internet highway but laws ensuring security of networkrncommunications are inadequate. Laws on consumer protection donâ€™t protect consumersrnof electronic contracting. Internet Service Providers are the gateways of electronicrncontracting, but their civil liability to users of their functions is still not updated.rnElectronic contracting makes the privacy of contracting parties unguaranteed. Thernexisting privacy protection laws donâ€™t consider new privacy violation mechanisms overrnInternet communications. With this in mind, this work is meant to make a humble attemptrnat showing the legal gaps in the area and coming up with some points of recommendationrnfor policy and law reform.