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>Forced arbitration is a violation of human rights. What about two parties choosing arbitration as a clause in the contract they enter into together?
by pathseeker 8y ago
>Forced arbitration is a violation of human rights.
What about two parties choosing arbitration as a clause in the contract they enter into together?
- CamTin 8y agoArguably you shouldn't be able to enter into such a contract, similar to how you can't contract yourself into slavery, even if you want to.
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- crooked-v 8y agoIt's a failure of society to presume that a huge corporation and a single employee can have a true meeting of the minds for complicated contracts.
- nraynaud 8y agoI think that's how consumer protection should work: company extends shady contract, regulator says nope to the entire industry. For example you should be able to get out of a contract with the same ease as you got in. (also I am still a bit baffled, it took one hour to sign my contract at my gym and 1h30 at the bank to open an account, this symmetry principle might not play in my favor in the US).
- pixl97 8y agoNice word 'choosing' reminds me of this saying... "In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."
- mikeash 8y agoSame as two parties choosing slavery as a clause.
- nraynaud 8y agoI think the proper vocabulary is "indentured servitude".
- philipov 8y agoIndentured Servitude is a word invented to sidestep the taboo against enslaving Christians. In Greece or Rome, such people would still be considered slaves. Properly speaking, Indentured Servitude is a type of Slavery, so it is appropriate to use the more general term for it.
- nraynaud 8y agoLet's make it forbidden in leonine contracts.
- imtringued 8y agoIf the arbitration is truly voluntary there is no need to force it in the contract.