“Next week, we will begin an online symposium on Margaret Radin’s Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Here is a description of the book provided by the publisher’s website. ‘Boilerplate – the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click “I agree” online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets – pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm …'” (more)
[ContractsProf Blog,9 May]
First posted 2013-05-09 19:15:53
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