电子证据是伴随着现代商品交易和电子技术的发展而走向司法殿堂的。由于电子证据具有无形性、复合性等特征 ,其在识别和认证上与传统证据有很大不同。电子证据能够证明主要案件事实或法律要件事实 ,具有一定的证据资格与证明力。为了消除司法实践中的电子证据障碍 ,一些国家、组织和个体通过立法、司法、判例和理论研究等方式作出了积极的回应。随着电子证据在司法证明历史舞台上地位的确立 ,人们必将从“物证”时代走入另一个新的司法证明时代———电子证据时代 Electronic evidence is accompanied by the development of modern commodity trading and electronic technology to the judicial hall. Due to the characteristics of intangible and complex electronic evidence, it has great differences in recognition and authentication from traditional evidence. Electronic evidence can prove the facts of the major cases or facts of the law, with some evidence of eligibility and certification. In order to eliminate the obstacles of electronic evidence in judicial practice, some countries, organizations and individuals made positive responses through legislation, judicature, precedent and theoretical research. With the establishment of the position of electronic evidence on the historical stage of judicial identification, people will inevitably move from the “material evidence” era to another new era of judicial identification --- the era of electronic evidence