Consumer Protection Contract Law is different from general contract Law in basic issues. Accordingly, there is place to relate to "laws of contracts" instead of one "contract law". Consumer contracts should be classified as an independent branch of contract law.Consume contract law has special...

Given a choice between two systems of contract rules, a court or legislature may have a normative obligation to adopt the rule that is more susceptible to coding and automation. This paper explores the ramifications of that normative proposition through the lens of multiple contract doctrines...

The focus of this paper is the regulation of standard terms in consumer contracts at common law, i.e., judges deciding cases in published opinions. In particular, I focus on the two most important common law doctrines in this area — unconscionability and good faith — and to a lesser extent...

Intro -- SERIES EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- CONTENTS -- TABLE OF CASES -- TABLE OF LEGISLATION -- 1. Electronic Consumer Contracts in Private International Law -- I. Introduction -- II. Consumer Contracts and Private International Law -- III. Electronic Commerce and...

The long awaited first Act of China Private International Law, Law of Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relations of People's Republic of China (LALFCR), was adopted on October 28 2010, and will come into force on April 1 2011. Unprecedented, the legislation of China expresses its...

The rapid expansion of European contract law in the field of consumer financial services gives rise to the question to what extent it is self-sufficient. A self-sufficient European contract law presupposes the existence of an EU-made and EU-enforced contract-related legal order which is largely...