Andrew Keane Woods, ‘The New Social Contracts’, 77 Vanderbilt Law Review 1831 (2024). A fascinating new article by Andrew Keane Woods examines contracts in the digital age. These contracts are society-wide in scope, and their scale surpasses other massive contracts we use. Moreover, they set the rules for digital society and govern the digital world. Furthermore, they determine constitutional rights such as privacy rights, speech rights and Fourth Amendment rights. The internet, digital platforms, and social media are heavily governed by private law. However, courts generally apply contract law to enforce these contracts without due regard for their public aspects, as outlined above … (more)
[Orit Gan, JOTWELL, 1 May 2025]
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