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Render Unto Rawls: Law, Gospel, And The Evangelical Fallacy, Wayne Barnes
Render Unto Rawls: Law, Gospel, And The Evangelical Fallacy, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
There are many voices in American politics claiming that various candidates, laws and policies are necessitated by a “Christian” worldview. Many of these voices use explicit public rhetoric that their position is the one compelled by “Christian” principles. Although religious voices have been present in the United States since its founding, the volume and urgency of the voices seems to have increased dramatically in the last several decades, during the so-called “culture wars.” These voices famously come from the Christian Religious Right, advocating socially conservative laws on issues such as abortion and same-sex marriage. But there are also voices from …
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read most of the terms, but the duty to read says the contracts are nevertheless fully enforceable. Moreover, consumers lack any real bargaining power when assenting to such contracts with merchants. Not only that, but if the products malfunctions, or they are somehow damaged by it, they will likely face the prospect of being limited in their available remedies because of boilerplate terms which are favorable to the merchant. In the “old days,” the consumer had no real recourse but to call a 1-800 number, and …
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read most of the terms, but the duty to read says the contracts are nevertheless fully enforceable. Moreover, consumers lack any real bargaining power when assenting to such contracts with merchants. Not only that, but if the products malfunctions, or they are somehow damaged by it, they will likely face the prospect of being limited in their available remedies because of boilerplate terms which are favorable to the merchant. In the “old days,” the consumer had no real recourse but to call a 1-800 number, and …
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read most of the terms, but the duty to read says the contracts are nevertheless fully enforceable. Moreover, consumers lack any real bargaining power when assenting to such contracts with merchants. Not only that, but if the products malfunctions, or they are somehow damaged by it, they will likely face the prospect of being limited in their available remedies because of boilerplate terms which are favorable to the merchant. In the “old days,” the consumer had no real recourse but to call a 1-800 number, and …
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Social Media And The Rise In Consumer Bargaining Power, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Consumers are constantly entering into form contracts, both offline and online. They do not read most of the terms, but the duty to read says the contracts are nevertheless fully enforceable. Moreover, consumers lack any real bargaining power when assenting to such contracts with merchants. Not only that, but if the products malfunctions, or they are somehow damaged by it, they will likely face the prospect of being limited in their available remedies because of boilerplate terms which are favorable to the merchant. In the “old days,” the consumer had no real recourse but to call a 1-800 number, and …
Consumer Assent To Standard Form Contracts And The Voting Analogy, Wayne Barnes
Consumer Assent To Standard Form Contracts And The Voting Analogy, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Standard form contract are ubiquitous, whether signed in the real world or clicked in the online world. Consumers are constantly entering into standard form contracts with the merchants they transact with in order to buy goods or services. Consumers, however, are usually aware of only the basic terms in the form like price, subject matter, and quantity. Consumers otherwise rarely read the form contracts that they sign. However, traditional contract law and the duty to read provide that the consumer is bound to all the terms contained in the form contract, both the known terms and the unread and unknown …
The French Subjective Theory Of Contracts: Separating Rhetoric From Reality, Wayne Barnes
The French Subjective Theory Of Contracts: Separating Rhetoric From Reality, Wayne Barnes
Wayne Barnes
Most of the world, including Anglo-American jurisdictions, conforms to the objective theory of contract, which posits that contract formation is determined by reference solely to external evidence of manifestations of assent. On the other hand, France uniquely clings to the rhetoric of its “subjective” theory of contract, championing the freedom of the individual and the autonomy of the will. France’s association with a subjective theory of contract is widely recognized and assumed. One would initially assume that the French subjectivist philosophy would result in dramatically different outcomes in actual cases, when compared with the objectivist rules-based perspective that obtains in …