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Predicting The Enforceability Of Browse-Wrap Agreements In Ohio, Sam S. Han

Sam Han

Internet-based commerce has now reached a level where Internet-based businesses, such as amazon.com or ebay.com, sometimes generate more revenue than their brick-and-mortar counterparts. In view of the growth in Internet-based businesses, the courts have been forced to address unconventional contracting mechanisms, such as shrink-wrap, click-wrap, and browse-wrap agreements. Much of the scholarly writing, as well as court opinions, reach a consensus that browse-wrap agreements will be enforceable if there is: (a) sufficient notice of the agreement terms; and (b) clear manifestation of assent to the terms. However, there is very little guidance on how much notice will constitute "sufficient notice." …

The Rise, Fall And Rise Again Of The Genetic Foundation For Legal Parentage Determination, Yehezkel Margalit

Hezi Margalit

Recently, we have witnessed dramatic changes in the formation of the family and parenthood. One of the results of those shifts is a growing number of children growing up outside of the traditional marriage framework. Therefore, the dilemma of determining a child's parentage, which was usually resolved by a legal fiction as to the child's legal parents, is becoming increasingly problematic. It is appropriate that any discussion of the establishment of legal parentage should start with a study of the rise of the most popular modern model, the genetic model.

It is relevant to point out that from the beginning …