Contents

pp vii-viii

Preface

pp ix-xiv

List of Contributors

pp xv-xviii

PART ONE - WHY IS BOILERPLATE ONE-SIDED?

pp 1-2

1 - One-Sided Contracts in Competitive Consumer Markets

pp 3-11

2 - Cooperative Negotiations in the Shadow of Boilerplate

pp 12-28

3 - Boilerplate and Economic Power in Auto-Manufacturing Contracts

pp 29-44

4 - “Unfair” Dispute Resolution Clauses: Much Ado About Nothing?

pp 45-65

5 - The Unconventional Uses of Transaction Costs

pp 66-80

PART TWO - SHOULD BOILERPLATE BE REGULATED?

pp 81-82

6 - Online Boilerplate: Would Mandatory Web Site Disclosure of e-Standard Terms Backfire?

pp 83-94

7 - Preapproved Boilerplate

pp 95-105

8 - “Contracting” for Credit

pp 106-119

9 - The Role of Nonprofits in the Production of Boilerplate

pp 120-130

10 - The Boilerplate Puzzle

pp 131-142

PART THREE - INTERPRETATION OF BOILERPLATE

pp 143-144

11 - Contract as Statute

pp 145-162

12 - Modularity in Contracts: Boilerplate and Information Flow

pp 163-175

13 - Contra Proferentem: The Allure of Ambiguous Boilerplate

pp 176-186

PART FOUR - COMMENTARY

pp 187-188

14 - Boilerplate Today: The Rise of Modularity and the Waning of Consent

pp 189-199

15 - The Law and Sociology of Boilerplate

pp 200-210

Notes

pp 211-232

Index

pp 233-237