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Procedural Unconscionability

Procedural Unconscionability is a legal doctrine within contract law that refers to the unfairness in the process of contract formation, particularly arising from inadequate notice, unequal bargaining power, or coercive tactics that impair a party’s ability to understand or freely assent to the terms.

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2017–2026

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Procedural Unconscionability Doctrine

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Bounded Rationality, Standard Form Contracts, and Unconscionability

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

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Unconscionability: A Critical Reappraisal

Richard A. Epstein · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1975 · 165 citations

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Unconscionability and the Code. The Emperor's New Clause

Arthur Allen Leff · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1967 · 127 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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Authors

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  1. RB
    Rick Bigwood

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  2. RK
    Russell Korobkin

    Chicago Kent College of Law, United States

    2 publications · 230 citations

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  3. AA
    Arthur Allen Leff

    Yale University, United States

    2 publications · 180 citations

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  4. LA
    Lewis A. Kornhauser

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  5. AW
    Alan Wertheimer

    University of Vermont, United States

    1 publications · 80 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  2. Hamline University

    Saint Paul, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  4. Bond University

    Gold Coast, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  5. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    32 citations

  6. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    59 citations

  7. Louisiana State University

    Baton Rouge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  8. University of South Australia

    Adelaide, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    34 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 5 publications · 202 citations

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  2. Legal Studies

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  3. Harvard Law Review

    2 publications · 50 citations

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  4. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 2 publications · 45 citations

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  5. The University of Chicago Law Review

    2 publications · 193 citations

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