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Contract Adjudication In A Collaborative Economy, Matthew C. Jennejohn
Contract Adjudication In A Collaborative Economy, Matthew C. Jennejohn
Matthew C Jennejohn
In order to explore the debate between contextualist versus formalist contract interpretation, this article examines dispute resolution procedures in a novel class of contracts: agreements governing inter-firm collaboration. Analysis of these contracts reveals two phenomena: first, agreements governing collaboration include arbitration clauses more frequently than other commercial contracts; and second, these agreements routinely situate arbitration at the summit of complex escalation procedures. These observations raise, in turn, the following inter-related questions: first, why do collaborators avoid litigation; and second, what makes escalated and private dispute resolution appropriate?
The article’s central claim is that litigation is shunned because contemporary contextualist contract …