Private Law Research

Unfair Contract Terms in Consumer Contracts

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Morteza Adel 1
Mohsen Shamsollahi 2

1 Assistant Professor the Department of Private Law in University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 PhD student of private law in university of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/jplr.2018.27677.1725
Abstract
Nowadays, the increase in using the contracts in which one party has a stronger position against the weaker party provides the stronger party a possibility to insert some unfair terms in contract. In recent years, some countries have tried to enact some legislation to protect the weaker party against such terms.  This Article examines comparatively regulations on unfair contract terms in EU in order to consider its historical development, what an unfair contract term is and why the weaker party should be protected against such terms. General contract rules and some special protective Acts that have been adopted in recent years in Iranian law arises the question of how the protection of weaker party considers, especially consumers, against unfair contract terms. Our view is that although general rules and special acts, to some extent, protect the weaker party against unfair terms, it is necessary to enact new protective Acts for the purpose of full protection of consumers against these terms .

Highlights

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Keywords

Unfair Contract Terms
abusive clauses
Standard Contracts
Consumer Contracts
Abuse of Stronger Contractual Position
Inequality in Bargaining Power

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Private Law Research
Volume 7, Issue 25
Winter 2019
Pages 205-234

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