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96 Harv. L. Rev. 1173 (1982-1983)
Contracts of Adhesion: An Essay in Reconstruction

handle is hein.journals/hlr96 and id is 1191 raw text is: CONTRACTS OF ADHESION: AN ESSAY IN RECONSTRUCTION Todd D. Rakoff TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE I. THE CONTOURS OF THE PROBLEM .................................. 1176 A. The M odel Situation ........................................... 1176 B. The Dimensions of Choice ...................................... I i o C. The Traditional Doctrine ...................................... 1183 D. The Modern Doctrine ......................................... 1190 z. New Results from Old Structures ............................. 119o z. Will the Structure Survive? .................................. 1195 II. THE SCHOLARS' WORK: THE SEARCH FOR INTEPJ.IEDIATE PREMISES ... 1197 A. Llewellyn: The Search for a Private Law Solution ................. i93 B. Leff and Slawson: The Public Law Approach ..................... 12o6 C. Beyond Private and Public Law: Kessler and the Question of Institutional Structure ......................................... 1215 MI. A NEW ANALYSIS ................................................ 1220 A. The Practice of Using Contracts of Adhesion ...................... 1220 z. The Firm and the Market ................................... 1220 2. The Form and the Firm ..................................... 1222 3. The Form and the Adherent ................................ 1225 4. The Power of the Form ..................................... 1229 B. Evaluation of the Practice ...................................... 1230 z. The Creation and Distribution of Wealth ...................... 1230 2. The Ordering of Power and Freedom .......................... 1235 (a) Freedom of Contract .................................. 1235 (b) Preservation of Civic Freedom ............................ 1238 C. A Further Problem of Fairness .................................. 1243 D. Principles of Decision .......................................... 1245 IV. TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF NE~W DOCTRINE .................... 1248 A. The Pattern of the Issues ....................................... 1248 z. The Basic Categorization .................................... 1248 2. Separating Visible and Invisible Terms ........................ 1250 3. Selecting the Transaction Type ............................... 1255 4. Preparing to Judge the Invisible Terms ....................... 1258 B. Judging the Invisible Terms .................................... 1261 I. Policing the Institution .......................... ......... 1262 2. Assessing the Importance of Organizational Structure ........... 1266 3. The Effect of Commercial Practice ............................ 1275 V. CONCLUSION ..................................................... 1283 173

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