Form Contracts under Revised Article 2 (Symposium: Consumer Protection and the Uniform Commercial Code)

Authors

James J. White, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1997

Abstract

The current draft of section 2-206 in Revised Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code ("UCC") entitled "Consumer Contract: Standard Form"1 presents a unique and threatening challenge to the drafters of consumer form contracts. In earlier drafts, one part of the section applied to both to commercial contracts and consumer contracts. It required that "one manifest assent" to any form contract, commercial or consumer, in order for it to be binding.2 Bowing to commercial opposition in the most recent version, the drafters have omitted all reference to commercial contracts. As the section stands, it applies only to consumer contracts.

Recommended Citation

White, James J. "Form Contracts under Revised Article 2 (Symposium: Consumer Protection and the Uniform Commercial Code)." Wash. U. L. Q. 75, no. 1 (1997): 315-56.