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Standard form contracts are generally enforceable in the United States. The [[Uniform Commercial Code]] which is followed in most [[U.S. state|American states]] has specific provisions relating to standard form contracts for the sale or lease of goods. Furthermore, standard form contracts will be subject to special scrutiny if they are found to be contracts of adhesion. | Standard form contracts are generally enforceable in the United States. The [[Uniform Commercial Code]] which is followed in most [[U.S. state|American states]] has specific provisions relating to standard form contracts for the sale or lease of goods. Furthermore, standard form contracts will be subject to special scrutiny if they are found to be contracts of adhesion. | ||
====Contracts of adhesion==== | =====Contracts of adhesion===== | ||
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The concept of the contract of adhesion originated in French civil law, but did not enter American jurisprudence until the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' published an influential article by Edwin W. Patterson in 1919.<ref>Patterson, E., ''The Delivery of a Life-Insurance Policy'', 33 Harvard Law Review, 198 (1919); see also [[Friedrich Kessler]], ''Contracts of Adhesion — Some Thoughts About Freedom of Contract'', 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943).</ref> It was subsequently adopted by the majority of American courts, especially after the [[Supreme Court of California]] endorsed adhesion analysis in 1962. ''See'' ''Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.'', 58 Cal. 2d 862, 882 n.10 (1962) (explaining history of concept).<ref>[http://online.ceb.com/calcases/C2/58C2d862.htm Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. (1962) 58 C2d 862<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> | The concept of the contract of adhesion originated in French civil law, but did not enter American jurisprudence until the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' published an influential article by Edwin W. Patterson in 1919.<ref>Patterson, E., ''The Delivery of a Life-Insurance Policy'', 33 Harvard Law Review, 198 (1919); see also [[Friedrich Kessler]], ''Contracts of Adhesion — Some Thoughts About Freedom of Contract'', 43 Colum. L. Rev. 629 (1943).</ref> It was subsequently adopted by the majority of American courts, especially after the [[Supreme Court of California]] endorsed adhesion analysis in 1962. ''See'' ''Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.'', 58 Cal. 2d 862, 882 n.10 (1962) (explaining history of concept).<ref>[http://online.ceb.com/calcases/C2/58C2d862.htm Steven v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. (1962) 58 C2d 862<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |