Underneath All Are the Contracts
Ralph Nader explains the problem with standard form contracts and introduces faircontracts.org.
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Contracts in the Schoolhouse (2010)
Contracts in the Schoolhouse In late fall of 2009, Citizen Works received a tip about a widespread practice in America’s public schools: the science safety "contract." A science safety contract, though not legally binding, is a document that styles itself as a contract that both students and parents must sign before participating in core curricular…
Adhesion Contracts in Farming Summary (January 2010)
Adhesion Contracts in Farming, Summary of Issues I. Introduction Farmers face unique adhesion contract problems in two primary situations. The first is called the “production contract,” where farmers contract with food processor companies to produce crops or livestock that the processor agrees to buy in advance. Production contracts can cause serious problems for…
Magnusson Moss Act Summary (2009)
Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.) In 1975, Congress enacted the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act to standardize product warranties so that consumers could better understand them and the FTC could better enforce their terms. Notably, it does not require warranties on all products, nor does it create implied or non-disclaimable warranties, although…
Military Enlistment Contracts (March 2010)
Introduction Contracts of adhesion1 may be found in many fields of employment law with varying degrees of guile written into each contractual clause. All branches of military employment are no different and features several aspects which may make this set of contracts all the more compelling. First, many military enlisters begin their duty soon…
Analysis of Various Cell Phone Contract Provisions (03 2010)
Analysis of Various Provisions in Cell-Phone Contracts I. Introduction A. Background Cell phones are ubiquitous. They are people’s preferred method of communication, and they are almost essential to surviving in this world. However, at any given time, most cell-phone users are in a “cell-phone jail.”[1] They are locked into their cell-phone contracts,[2] so they…