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Cass R. Sunstein (ed.), Behavioral Law and Economics.Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2014

Ejan Mackaay
Ejan Mackaay
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Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
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Canadian Journal of Law and Society / La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , April 2003 , pp. 149 - 154
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13 Sunstein & Ullmann-Margalit, supra note 11 at 191.

14 Russell Korobkin, “Behavioral Economics, Contract Formation, and Contract Law” in Sunstein, ed., supra note 1, 116–43.

15 Ibid. 142.

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18 For instance, provisions requiring written estimates for car repairs, prohibiting certain clauses, stipulating uniform warranties for all merchandise, including software remain dead letter or are seen as unnecessary red tape.