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Category Archives: Camilo A. Rodriguez-Yong

The Doctrines Of Unconscionability And Abusive Clauses: a Common Point Between Civil And Common Law Legal Traditions

By Camilo A. Rodriguez-Yong*

(2011) Oxford U Comparative L Forum 1 at ouclf.law.ox.ac.uk | How to cite this article

Table of contents

  • Introduction
  • 1. The Doctrine of Unconscionability
  • 2. The Doctrine of Abusive Clauses
  • 3. The Doctrines of Unconscionability and Abusive Clauses – Are They So Different?
  • 3.1. The Doctrines of Unconscionability and Abusive Clauses Arise as a Consequence of the Abuse of Right to Contract
  • 3.2. The Doctrines of Abusive and Unconscionable Contract or Clause Apply to Agreements Imposed or Drafted by Only One of the Parties
  • 3.3. The Party Who Has Drafted the Contract or Clause Has More Bargaining Power than the One Who Accepts the Contract
  • 3.4. The Doctrines of Unconscionability and Abusive Clauses Arise in Contracts Where There is a Significant Imbalance Between the Rights and Obligations Assumed by the Parties
  • 3.5. The Control Mechanisms Used to Avoid the Inclusion of Unconscionable and Abusive Clauses
  • 4. Conclusion
  • Endnotes

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This entry was posted in 1, 2011, Articles, Camilo A. Rodriguez-Yong on 27 July 2017 by Steve Allen.

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