TABLE OF CONTENTS: Acknowledgments ix Prologue: World A (Agreement) and World B (Boilerplate) xiii Part I. Boilerplate, Consumers' Rights,and the Rule of Law 1 - Chapter One • An Overview of Worlds A and B 3
- Chapter Two • Normative Degradation: Deleting Rights without Consent in the Name of Contract 19
- Chapter Three • Democratic Degradation: Replacing the Law of the State with the "Law" of the Firm 33
Part II. Boilerplate and Contract Theory: Rationales and Rationalizations 53 - Chapter Four • A Summary of the Philosophy of Contract: The Theories of World A 55
- Chapter Five • Can Autonomy Theory (Agreement, Consent) Justify Boilerplate Deletion of Rights? 82
- Chapter Six • Can Utilitarian-Welfare (Economic) Theory Justify Boilerplate Deletion of Rights? 99
Part III. Boilerplate and Contract Remedies: Current Judicial Oversight and Possible Improvements 121 - Chapter Seven • Evaluating Current Judicial Oversight 123
- Chapter Eight • Can Current Oversight Be Improved? 143
- Chapter Nine • Improving Evaluation of Boilerplate: A Proposed Analytical Framework 154
Part IV. Escaping Contract: Other Remedial Possibilities 187 - Chapter Ten • "Private" Reform Ideas: Possible Market Solutions 189
- Chapter Eleven • Reconceptualizing (Some) Boilerplate under Tort Law 197
- Chapter Twelve • "Public" and Hybrid Regulatory Solutions 217
Afterword: What's Next for Boilerplate? 243 Notes 249 Index 313Return to Book Description File created: 4/25/2013 |