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Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
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Standard Contract Clauses As Public Goods: A New Way To Approach The Problem, Enrico Baffi
Standard Contract Clauses As Public Goods: A New Way To Approach The Problem, Enrico Baffi
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The aim of this work is to show how it is possible to identify market failures other than those traditionally identified by lawyers and law and economics scholars to justify the mandatory provisions of contracts between professionals and consumers and the equally mandatory provisions governing the abuse of economic dependency. This is a new approach that can be extended to other provisions and appears to rest on fairly solid microeconomic foundations. There is no doubt, however, that many criticisms can be leveled against it. Very briefly, I shall argue that the production of clauses characterized by being rather vague, indeterminate …
Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
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Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
Vertical Dimensions In The Quality Of Law, Bartram Brown
Bartram Brown
There are compelling reasons for concern about the quality of law. Law is essential to structuring the social relations of the state. Thomas Jefferson famously wrote that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God-given unalienable rights, and that the purpose of governments is to secure these rights on behalf of the governed. Whether the law of a state will be successful in this task depends upon the quality of that law. And, due to the vast changes in the international legal system so presciently anticipated by Wolfgang Friedmann in the 1960s, concern about the quality of law must, …