The model of traditional contracts is that of two individuals negotiating terms that are to each party\u27s advantage. This model persists even though it no longer reflects the reality of consumer contracts. This Article traces the evolution of modern day consumer contracts and explains how courts have accommodated business needs by distorting contract law. This Article argues that the doctrine of consideration should be reconceptualized in light of new technologies and changes in doctrinal application. It concludes that in order to restore contract law\u27s legitimacy, courts must allocate the burdens of technological and doctrinal changes in a more evenhanded manner. One way to do this is to require that websites use their technical advan...
When most people imagine the process of contract formation, they picture two people sitting down and...
Rapid societal and technological changes - such as the rise in electronic commerce, increasing diver...
The possible risks that standard form contracts pose to consumers have long been recognised. This ar...
The model of traditional contracts is that of two individuals negotiating terms that are to each par...
Scholars for decades have noted the possibility that standard-form contracts disadvantage consumers....
The growing popularity of e-commerce transactions revives the perennial question of consumer contrac...
The formation of online contracts has enjoyed considerable judicial and academic attention in Americ...
The development of the Internet as a medium for consumer transactions creates a new question for con...
This Article examines the procedure for online modification of an ongoing consumer contract. It revi...
Internet contracts are increasingly part of the daily lives of most consumers. Consumers enter contr...
Part I of this essay examines how businesses have shaped the evolution of contract’s form from the p...
Contracts of adhesion are commonly criticized because of perceptions that such contracts lack the sa...
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read mos...
Like transactions in the paper world, online consumer transactions are dominated by standard form co...
Businesses and sophisticated parties have long used contract exchanges, like the Chicago Board of ...
When most people imagine the process of contract formation, they picture two people sitting down and...
Rapid societal and technological changes - such as the rise in electronic commerce, increasing diver...
The possible risks that standard form contracts pose to consumers have long been recognised. This ar...
The model of traditional contracts is that of two individuals negotiating terms that are to each par...
Scholars for decades have noted the possibility that standard-form contracts disadvantage consumers....
The growing popularity of e-commerce transactions revives the perennial question of consumer contrac...
The formation of online contracts has enjoyed considerable judicial and academic attention in Americ...
The development of the Internet as a medium for consumer transactions creates a new question for con...
This Article examines the procedure for online modification of an ongoing consumer contract. It revi...
Internet contracts are increasingly part of the daily lives of most consumers. Consumers enter contr...
Part I of this essay examines how businesses have shaped the evolution of contract’s form from the p...
Contracts of adhesion are commonly criticized because of perceptions that such contracts lack the sa...
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read mos...
Like transactions in the paper world, online consumer transactions are dominated by standard form co...
Businesses and sophisticated parties have long used contract exchanges, like the Chicago Board of ...
When most people imagine the process of contract formation, they picture two people sitting down and...
Rapid societal and technological changes - such as the rise in electronic commerce, increasing diver...
The possible risks that standard form contracts pose to consumers have long been recognised. This ar...