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Contractual Unconscionability

Contractual Unconscionability is a legal doctrine within contract law that identifies a contract or contractual term as unenforceable due to a combination of procedural and substantive unfairness arising from grossly oppressive or one-sided terms imposed under conditions of unequal bargaining power.

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2017–2026

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Publications

18

Bounded Rationality, Standard Form Contracts, and Unconscionability

Russell Korobkin · The University of Chicago Law Review · 2003 · 174 citations

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Contract Law in the Welfare State: A Defense of the Unconscionability Doctrine, Usury Laws, and Related Limitations on the Freedom to Contract

Eric A. Posner · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1995 · 158 citations

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Unconscionability and Contracts

Alan Wertheimer · Business Ethics Quarterly · 1992 · 80 citations

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How to Repair Unconscionable Contracts

Omri Ben‐Shahar · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2008 · 61 citations · Full text

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U.S. Unconscionability and Article 1171 of the New French Civil Code: Achieving Balance in Statutory Regulation and Judicial Intervention

Charles R. Calleros · 2017 · 59 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RK
    Russell Korobkin

    Chicago Kent College of Law, United States

    2 publications · 230 citations

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  2. CE
    Charles Edwin Rickett

    University of South Australia, Australia

    1 publications · 34 citations

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  3. AF
    Anne Fleming

    Georgetown University, United States

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. GD
    G Dal Pont

    Family Court of Australia, Australia

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. AW
    Alan Wertheimer

    University of Vermont, United States

    1 publications · 80 citations

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Institutions

10

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  2. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  3. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    14 citations

  4. Illinois Institute of Technology

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  5. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  6. University of South Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

  7. Texas A&M University

    College Station, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Georgetown University

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 170 citations

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  2. The University of Chicago Law Review

    2 publications · 193 citations

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  3. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 2 publications · 24 citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Business Ethics Quarterly

    BEQ · 1 publications · 80 citations

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