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Electronic Contracting Cases 2008-2009, Juliet M. Moringiello, William L. Reynolds

William L. Reynolds

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Electronic Contracting Cases 2008-2009, Juliet M. Moringiello, William L. Reynolds

Juliet M. Moringiello

No abstract provided.

Szerződésértelmezés Hermeneutika És Jogpolitika Között. A Contra Proferentem Szabály [Contract Interpretation Between Hermeneutics And Policy: The Contra Proferentem Rule], Péter Cserne

Péter Cserne

This paper discusses why contract interpretation is substantially different from the interpretation of literary works and illustrates the argument with the analysis of the contra proferentem rule. It is a substantially revised version of my ‘Policy considerations in contract interpretation: the contra proferentem rule from a comparative law and economics perspective’ (2009)

Electronic Contracting Cases 2008-2009, Juliet M. Moringiello, William L. Reynolds

William L. Reynolds

No abstract provided.

An Ontology For Autonomic License Management, Qian Zhao, Mark Perry

Mark Perry

The license agreement can be seen as the knowledge source for a license management system. As such, it may be referenced by the system each time a new process is initiated. To facilitate access, a machine readable representation of the license agreement is highly desirable, but at the same time we do not want to sacrifice too much readability of such agreements by human beings. Creating an ontology as a formal knowledge representation of licensing not only meets the representation requirements, but also offers improvements to knowledge reusability owing to the inherent sharing nature of such representations. Furthermore, the XML-based …

Balance Of Power, Certainty And Discretion In The Franchise Relationship: An Analysis Of Contractual Terms, Elizabeth Crawford Spencer

Elizabeth Crawford Spencer

Executive Summary: Balance of power is a factor in considerations of fairness in the formation of contracts and in Australia is an express factor in determining unconscionability in contract formation and performance. Certainty is essential to business confidence that underpins planning and investment. Certainty is also a factor in evaluating what parties have agreed to in making the contract. Discretion, if it is too wide, may no longer represent the true intentions of the parties, but may instead be an indication of other forces, including asymmetries in the power relationship. These issues are of particularly significance in franchising; redressing imbalance …

Effective Disclosure In The Regulation Of Franchising, Elizabeth Crawford Spencer

Elizabeth Crawford Spencer

Executive Summary: This paper outlines the use of disclosure in the regulation of the franchise sector in Australia, demonstrating that it does not meet conditions considered necessary for effective informational regulation. First, there is not enough reliable information to gauge the risks in informing the design of regulatory process and the choice of tools; second, the information in the disclosure document is not uniformly reliable, accessible and useable; and, third, a franchisee’s ability to act on the information is limited because the franchise contract is not subject to negotiation and there are limited alternatives in the market. As potential solutions, …

Digital Divide Older People And Online Legal Advice, Subhajit Basu, Joe Duffy, Helen Davey

Subhajit Basu

Many older people are not aware where and when advice is available. Furthermore they may be unaware that advice is needed

Digital Ethics In Bridging Digital Divide, Subhajit Basu

Subhajit Basu

Our information society is creating parallel systems: one for those with income, education and literacy connections, giving plentiful information at low cost and high speed: the other are those without connections, blocked by high barriers of time, cost and uncertainty and dependent upon outdated information. Hence it can be expressed the DD is nothing but a reflection of social divide. The question is what is the best strategy to construct an information society that is ethically sound? Most people have the views that ICT and underlying ideologies are neutral. This Technology has become so much naturalized that it can no …

Open Source Software Licensing Patterns, Halina Kaminski, Mark Perry

Mark Perry

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Wilfulness Vs Expectation: A Defense Of Wilful Breach Doctrine, Steve Thel, Peter Siegelman

Peter Siegelman

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The Legislature Strikes Back: The Effect Of Ontario’S Bill 152 On The Beneficiaries Of The Statutory Duty Of Care In The Peoples Decision, Darcy L. Macpherson

Darcy L MacPherson

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Revisiting The Battle Of The Forms: A Case Study Approach To Legal Strategy Development, Mary J. Shariff, Kevin Marechal De Charteret

Mary J. Shariff

The area of contract law described as the battle of the forms is a perfect example of an area of law where the legal rules and their application are complex, contradictory, and/or inconsistently applied. Indeed, the battle of the forms problem has been recognized as among the most “difficult problems for contract doctrine to resolve” and in some jurisdictions, has been described as “chaos” thus increasing opportunities for the strategic manipulation of the law. The classic battle of the forms typically arises when a buyer and seller exchange conflicting standard forms and commence performance of the contract. The parties appear …

The Debt Financing Of Parenthood, Melissa B. Jacoby

Melissa B. Jacoby

In this contribution to the symposium Show Me the Money: Making Markets in Forbidden Exchange, I explore an under-appreciated participant in the assisted reproduction and adoption industries: consumer lenders. Through fertility clinics and other service providers, financial institutions market and distribute loans specifically to finance acquisition of treatments, drugs, and human eggs. Adoption foundations and agencies advertise for-profit loans to intended parents, while small foundations offer adoption loans that appear to be low-cost financially but may condition loan approval on intended parent characteristics such as religious observance, marital status, sexual orientation, and adherence to traditional gender roles. After discussing how …

Disability Through The Eyes Of The Law: A Review Of Federalism, Democracy And Disability Policy In Canada, Darcy L. Macpherson

Darcy L MacPherson

This piece reviews Federalism, Democracy and Disability Policy in Canada, an edited collection of essays dealing with various aspect of disability policy issues through the lens of the relationship between the levels of government in Canada

Home Mortgage Problems Through The Lens Of Bankruptcy, Melissa B. Jacoby

Melissa B. Jacoby

Based on a lecture at a predatory lending conference at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, this brief paper discusses the 2007 Consumer Bankruptcy Project and how the empirical study of bankruptcy law informs our understanding of the intersection of mortgages and homeownership with financial distress, and whether bankruptcy can provide meaningful redress.

Cyber Crimes And Effectiveness Of Laws In India To Control Them, Mubashshir Sarshar

Mubashshir Sarshar

No abstract provided.

Opportunism, Uncertainty, And Relational Contracting - Antitrust Rules In The Film Industry, Ryan M. Riegg

Ryan M. Riegg

Inexistencia E Invalidez Del Contrato En El Código Civil Peruano De 1984, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Morales Hervias

A partir de un análisis dogmático se estudia la regulación del contrato inexistente e inválido en los diferentes planos jurídicos de la relevancia, de la validez y de la eficacia. Luego se estudia sistemáticamente la normativa del Código Civil en lo referente a las patologías en la formación del contrato.

La Responsabilidad Precontractual En Debate: Panorama De La Doctrina Jurídica Nacional, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

El presente artículo tiene como propósito específico brindar una visión panorámica de las diversas interpretaciones que se han propuesto en sede peruana para la configuración de la responsabilidad por culpa in contrahendo. A tal efecto, se procederá a un breve recuento de las opiniones vertidas por la doctrina nacional para luego dar nuestra opinión ante tan debatida cuestión.

De Los Periodos Precontractuales Y De Su Verdadera Y Exacta Explicación Cientifica: Una Aproximacion A La Propuesta Teorica De Gabriele Faggela, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

El objetivo del presente articulo es el reconstruir del modo mas fidedigno posible el pensamiento del autor italiano aludido, maxime cuando el conocimiento de su teoria ha llegado a nuestro medio a traves de citas indirectas y de manera distorsionada, incompleta y carente de su real contenido.

Comentario Al Libro "Testamento: Disposizioni Generali" Del Profesor Stefano Delle Monache, Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

Renzo E. Saavedra Velazco

En el presente comentario se efectúa una brevísima micro comparación entre los desarrollos efectuados en los sistemas italiano y peruano sobre el testamento. Para ello se tomará como base las temáticas presentadas por el profesor Delle Monache en el libro bajo comentario.

Learning From Our History: Evaluating The Modern Housing Finance Market In Light Of Ancient Principles Of Justice, Brian M. Mccall

Brian M McCall

Since I first accepted an invitation to join this symposium, the subprime mortgage crisis has exploded into a systemic financial crisis. Analysis and pundits alike seem on a quest to outdo each other in using dramatic phrases to describe its historic proportions. The causes of a crisis so large must have a multiplicity of causes lying in the realms of bank regulation and supervision, the operation and regulation of the securitization market and the derivatives and insurance markets. Yet, the root and spark of the various financial reverberations initiated in the home mortgage finance market. My presentation will focus on …

It's Just Secured Credit: The Natural Law Case In Defense Of Some Forms Of Secured Credit, Brian M. Mccall

Brian M McCall

For decades scholars have been debating whether of not the institution of security can be explained and justified. After much discussion from varying points of view and hermeneutics, although some insights have been gained, the answer to the original question remains unresolved. This article attempts to bring new life to this debate by building on Professors Mooney and Harris’ idea of security interest as property right while taking account of the valid concerns of scholars such as Elizabeth Warren and Lyn Lopucki that certain results produced by the current system seem unjust. This reconciliation of these two strands of secured …

The Rights Of Women And Role Of Superior Judiciary In Pakistan With Special Reference To Family Law Case From 2004-2008, Muhammad Munir Dr.

Dr. Muhammad Munir

Granting and protecting the rights of women in the domain of family law remains one of the most important areas of legislation in Pakistan. The role of judiciary is vital to ensure that the rights of women are protected because decisions of the superior judiciary are binding on the lower courts under the doctrine of precedent. This work focuses on cases decided by the superior judiciary in Pakistan over the period of five years to know the various remedies sought by helpless women. This article finds that legislation in the area of family law protects women to a greater degree …

Las Aplicaciones Indebidas De Los Conceptos De Negocio Jurídico En El Código Civil Peruano De 1984 Luego De 25 Años De Su Vigencia, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Martín Morales Hervias

Durante la vigencia del Código Civil peruano de 1984, la normativa general denominada “Acto Jurídico” ha sido utilizada inadecuadamente por la doctrina, la jurisprudencia y la praxis. En este artículo se señalan varios ejemplos

Imagining Territories: Space, Place, And The Anticity, Jonathan Yovel

Jonathan Yovel

This essay explores the concept of "Territory" in some of its cultural forms, as well as looks into cultural and linguistic conditions for territories-talk. Initially, it engages territory as a pre-political representation and explores its formal relation to space and to place. It defines territory as the paradigmatic non-place and contrasts it with the concept of the city (in fact, an anticity), especially as reflected in renaissance and early modern art/architecture, with examples from Schedel, Bellini, Breugel and others, as well as from contemporary graphic works (Moebius, Qual, Nowak).

Moving from the cultural to the political, territories are then explored …

Gambling And Collegiate Athletics, Adam Epstein, Bridget Niland

Adam Epstein

The article discusses concerns involving intercollegiate sports gambling. It explores the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules known as Bylaws. The article also outlines and explores a history of notable college sports gambling incidents involving individuals and NCAA schools. The article also reviews relevant federal and state laws.

Sports Agent Litigation And The Regulatory Environment, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

Some of the more important civil and criminal cases involving the litigious history of the sports agent business are discussed. The article provides the fundamentals of the regulatory environment in which sports agents (many of whom are lawyers) operate. While discussion of sports agency is not novel, the collection of major cases coupled with the current state of the regulatory/business environment provides the reader with a solid basis for future consideration or research. The appropriate state and federal laws are explored in detail. The role that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) plays in “regulating” sports agents is also discussed.

Incorporating The Criminal Law In Sport Studies, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

The purpose of this article is to provide an outline for teaching the criminal law in a sport studies (or related) course. The article discusses the differences among various crimes and whether physical violence involves legitimate or illegitimate force during a sports contest. Even non-violent (white collar) crimes such as the incident at the University of Toledo demonstrate how the criminal law can weave its way into the legal environment of sport. The article also notes how crimes can be committed in all environments and at all levels: youth sport, recreational activities and leagues, amateur competition and in the professional …