Regulation through boilerplate : an apologia /

Regulation through boilerplate : an apologia /

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Author / Creator:	Ben-Shahar, Omri, author.
Imprint:	[Chicago, Illinois] : Law School, University of Chicago, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (24 pages).
Language:	English
Series:	Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics working paper ; no. 640 (2d series) Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics working paper ; no. 640.
Subject:	Standardized terms of contract -- United States. Consumer protection -- Law and legislation -- United States. Consumer contracts -- United States. Consumer contracts. Consumer protection -- Law and legislation. Standardized terms of contract. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9854554

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Other uniform titles:	Review of (work): Radin, Margaret Jane. Boilerplate.
Notes:	"April 2013." Includes bibliographical references. Title from online title page (viewed January 24, 2014).
Summary:	"This essay reviews Margaret Jane Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, And The Rule Of Law (Princeton Press, 2013). It responds to two of the book's principal complaints against boilerplate consumer contracts: that they modify people's rights without true agreement to, or even minimal knowledge of, their terms; and that the provisions they unilaterally enact are substantively intolerable. I argue, counter-intuitively, that contracts with long fine prints are no more complex and baffling to consumers than any alternative boilerplate-free templates of contracting. Therefore, there is no alternative universe in which consumers enter simpler contracts better informed of the legal terms. In addition, I argue that any policy that mandates consumer-friendlier arrangements (such as ones that eliminate boilerplate arbitration clauses, warranty disclaimers, or data collection) would hurt consumers in an unintended but potentially costly way."

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Item Description:	"April 2013."
Physical Description:	1 online resource (24 pages).
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.