More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosure
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More Than You Wanted to Know: The Failure of Mandated Disclosure
By (Author) Omri Ben-Shahar
By (author) Carl E. Schneider
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
4th July 2016
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Law and society, sociology of law
343.071
Physical Properties
Paperback
240
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
369g
Description
Perhaps no kind of regulation is more common or less useful than mandated disclosure--requiring one party to a transaction to give the other information. It is the iTunes terms you assent to, the doctor's consent form you sign, the pile of papers you get with your mortgage. Reading the terms, the form, and the papers is supposed to equip you to cho
Reviews
"Because consumers continue to overlook mandated disclosures, opting instead to scroll quickly through screen after screen of seemingly irrelevant legalese, this book by Ben-Shahar and Schneider is especially pertinent."--Choice
Author Bio
Omri Ben-Shahar is the Leo and Eileen Herzel Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. His books include Boilerplate: The Foundation of Market Contracts. Carl E. Schneider is the Chauncey Stillman Professor of Law and professor of medicine at the University of Michigan. His books include The Practice of Autonomy: Patients, Doctors, and Medical Decisions.
