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Mandatory Arbitration For Customers But Not For Peers: A Study Of Arbitration Clauses In Consumer And Non-Consumer Contracts, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller, Emily Sherwin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

We conducted a study of contractual practices by well-known firms marketing consumer products, comparing the firms' consumer contracts with contracts the same firms negotiated with business peers. The frequency of arbitration clauses in consumer contracts has been studied before, as has the frequency of arbitration clauses in non-consumer contracts. Our study is the first to compare the use of arbitration clauses within firms, in different contractual contexts.

The results are striking: in our sample, mandatory arbitration clauses appeared in more than three-quarters of consumer contracts and less than one tenth of non-consumer contracts (excluding employment contracts) negotiated by the same …

Arbitration Costs And Forum Accessibility: Empirical Evidence, Christopher R. Drahozal

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In this Article, written for this symposium issue on "Empirical Studies of Mandatory Arbitration," I examine the available empirical evidence on these two questions. I take "mandatory arbitration" to refer to pre-dispute arbitration clauses in consumer and employment (and maybe franchise) contracts. Accordingly, I limit my consideration of the empirical evidence to those types of contracts. I do not discuss empirical studies of international arbitrations, which almost always arise out of agreements between commercial entities. Nor do I discuss empirical studies of court-annexed arbitrations, which may not derive from party agreement and do not ordinarily proceed to a binding award.

Arbitration's Summer Soldiers: An Empirical Study Of Arbitration Clauses In Consumer And Nonconsumer Contracts, Theodore Eisenberg, Geoffrey P. Miller, Emily Sherwin

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

We provide the first study of varying use of arbitration clauses across contracts within the same firms. Using a sample of 26 consumer contracts and 164 nonconsumer contracts from large public corporations, we compared the use of arbitration clauses in firms' consumer and nonconsumer contracts. Over three-quarters of the consumer agreements provided for mandatory arbitration but less than 10% of the firms' material nonconsumer, nonemployment contracts included arbitration clauses. The absence of arbitration provisions in the vast majority of material contracts suggests that, ex ante, many firms value, even prefer, litigation over arbitration to resolve disputes with peers. Our data …

Tercer Congreso Nacional De Organismos Públicos Autónomos, Bruno L. Costantini García

Bruno L. Costantini García

Tercer Congreso Nacional de Organismos Públicos Autónomos

"Autonomía, Reforma Legislativa y Gasto Público"

Transacción Inválida E Inutilidad De La Doctrina De Los Actos Propios. A Propósito Del Primer Pleno Casatorio A Favor Del Abuso De La Libertad De Estipulación, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Morales Hervias

En esta investigación se formulan críticas al Primer Pleno Casatorio de la Corte Suprema del Perú en materia civil donde se demuestra la ausencia de conocimiento del contrato con lesión enorme y de la transacción. Asimismo, esta jurisprudencia aplica la doctrina de los actos propios para desaparecer los derechos de los damnificados por daño a su salud y para proteger a los empresarios ubicados en una posición dominante.

Drafting Common Interest Community Documents: Minimalism In An Era Of Micromanagement, Patrick K. Hetrick

Campbell Law Review

Part I of this Article suggests a minimalist approach to the drafting of documentation creating a common interest community. It assumes that the common interest community will be located in a jurisdiction that has passed some form of a comprehensive uniform act. Part II then analyzes the issue of "promises" (covenants, restrictions, and rules) and addresses issues that include the unfortunate contemporary trend toward micromanagement of communities. It goes on to suggest that a legislative and judicial reaction to private community governance is developing. Part III of this Article explains why existing consumer protection devices are little more than mirages …

The Law Of Remedies In A Mixed Jurisdiction: The Israeli Experience, Dr. Yehuda Adar, Prof. Gabriela Shalev

Yehuda Adar Dr.

Remedies for Breach of an Obligation - this is the title of the section on remedies in the Israeli Draft Civil Code. Its objective is to create a unified and comprehensive statutory scheme for awarding remedies in all branches of private law (civil and commercial).

This development is no doubt of significant interest to the Israeli lawyer. However, for a number of reasons, acquaintance with this law reform should be of value to legal comparatists in many other jurisdictions. First, from a comparative perspective the present state of the law of remedies in Israel, as well as the forthcoming reform …

El Conflicto De Intereses Entre Los Beneficiarios Del Fideicomiso: Pautas De Interpretación De La Resolución General 530 De La Cnv, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Análisis de alternativas de interpretación de las reglas de votación de los beneficiarios de fideicomisos financieros que sean a su vez fiduciantes

El Modelo Normativo De Información Al Inversor De Fondos Comunes De Inversión. La Necesidad De Su Adecuación Y La Futilidad Del Reglamento De Gestión, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Crítica referencia al modelo normativo de información al inversor de fondos comunes de inversión, sustancialmente diferente del general vigente en el derecho de mercado de capitales

La Acción Cambiaria Directa: Presentación Al Pago Y Prescripción, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Breve análisis de una sentencia de la Cámara Nacional en lo Comercial y consideraciones sobre la acción directa para el cobro de pagarés

Los Amparos De Cuotapartistas De Fondos Comunes De Inversión. La Corte Suprema De Justicia Cierra Un Debate Más, Martin Paolantonio

Martin Paolantonio

Nota a fallo de la Corte Suprema sobre la falta de legitimaciòn individual de los cuotapartistas para accionar por los perjuicios sufridos por el fondo de inversión

Selling The Payments: Predatory Lending Goes Primetime, 41 J. Marshall L. Rev. 587 (2008), Dustin Fisher

UIC Law Review

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Una Contribución A La Defensa De La Causa Del Contrato Como El Signo Distintivo Del Civil Law, Rómulo Morales

Rómulo Martín Morales Hervias

El concepto de causa del contrato es un signo distintivo del Civil Law francés e italiano que nos diferencia de los alemanes y de los anglosajones. Su utilidad dependerá de que en el futuro se use este concepto y a la larga sea nuestra carta cultural de presentación frente a otras experiencias jurídicas.

Sales And Sports Law, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

The purpose of this article is to provide insight into the basics of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and explore its application to sports law. Particular focus is on the sale of goods found in the UCC's Article 2. Whether a buyer and seller closes a deal for the sale of helmets, bats, balls, backboards, sports memorabilia, a new artificial surface for the outdoor field or to fulfill an order for a new set of game jerseys, the UCC applies to the sale if the parties to the sales contract failed to otherwise agree upon the specifics.