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Contractual choice offers one vision of autonomy for workers. But contractual choice is a narrow and manipulable conception of choice. Contractual choices often conflict with other kinds of choice, such as democratic choices and life choices. This commentary responds to the Future of Work in the...
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current employment relationship and work for another firm. We show that the initial parties to a contract have an incentive to …
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to the Network contract as such concerning its external relevance and consequently in relations between the network as … the main alternative between the “contract” and “organisation”: on the one side, the individual action by which the … factors of production performing on the market are obtained by using the swap contract instrument, with a basically bilateral …
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The term “liberty of contract” is usually associated with the doctrine that the due process clause of the United States … free-market advocates embrace the liberty of contract doctrine because they are averse to State interference with private … market transactions. But the term is ironic because a contract is only legally binding if courts will enforce it. Since …
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The banker-customer relationship is a contractual relationship based on a contract between the parties. As a … contractual relationship, it is governed by contract law. However, contract law does not provide the customer with the protection … banking contract is a special contract — a fiduciary contract. Under a fiduciary contract, the bank, as a fiduciary, is …
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The private and the social functions of contracts and of contract law are examined in this entry. In section 1, on the … basic theory of contracts, the topics considered include contract formation, why contract enforcement is valuable, the … of contract are discussed …
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rigid property rules, intellectual property owners will contract into more flexible liability rules. A series of recent …
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Contract law is stuck in a loop of path dependency and stale precedent. Its metaphors, like “the meeting of the minds … deal with the scale and complexity of the digital era, its focus has been on putting parties on notice of contract terms …
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The Federal Arbitration Act mandates strict and uniform enforcement of standardized pre-dispute arbitration provisions. This may not be proper, however, in light of the importance of context with respect to these provisions. This Article therefore seeks to remind courts of the importance of...
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question remains - how can the content of a consumer contract that no one reads be improved? In this Article, I draw lessons … investors to improve the terms of their “investment contract.”This Article advocates the creation of equally powerful advisory … entities – contract advisors - in consumer markets, to perform a similar role. To start with, contract advisors would review …
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