[Hague-jur-commercial-law] Story on the Hague in Washington Internet Daily

[Manon Ress]

To plagiarize another Hague Convention watcher:


The proposed Hague Convention exclusively /caters/ for [big businesses] 
contracts, but /covers/ ALL but very rare "pure"consumer and employee 
contracts (i.e. it covers also non-negotiated contracts) "entered or 
evidenced a) in writing ; or b) by any other means of communication 
which renders inforamtion accessible so as to be usabe for subsequent 
reference" (see Article 2 Paragraph 3 of draft).
The Hague drafters stated that they want to avoid validity issues 
relating to contract formation...so shrink wrap, click-on contract 
between, let's say, a teacher buying Microsoft are covered.



Richard Stallman wrote:

>    Govts. are “swinging behind” the latest draft —which has been narrowed 
>    to cover only business-to-business
>    contracts
>
>Is there a way to write to that site to explain how the "only
>business-to-business contracts" statement is a deception?
>
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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
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