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Boilerplate : The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law /

Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click ""I agree"" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets--pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Radin, Margaret Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that we become subject to when we click ""I agree"" online, rent an apartment, enter an employment contract, sign up for a cellphone carrier, or buy travel tickets--pervades all aspects of our modern lives. On a daily basis, most of us accept boilerplate provisions without realizing that should a dispute arise about a purchased good or service, the nonnegotiable boilerplate terms can deprive us of our right to jury trial and relieve providers of responsibility for harm. Boilerplate is the first comprehensive treatment of the problems posed by the increasing use of these terms, demonstrating how their use has degraded traditional notions of consent, agreement, and contract, and sacrificed core rights whose loss threatens the democratic order
Descripción Física:1 online resource (360 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400844838