A legal expert explains the allegations against Amazon Australia and US – and why the new case is already making global headlines.
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Avoid using the handshake emoji ‘🤝’ if you’re ever unsure. And always keep any business-like arrangements on a more formal footing.
Even after departing this world, artists have plenty of legal tools to protect their creative vision.
Signing away our rights in one part of a business giant’s empire could strip our protections in another.
Affected businesses will naturally now be asking who is legally responsible, and whether there’ll be any compensation. These are important questions, but legally, the answers will be complex.
And what’s a ‘cooling off’ period? Don’t believe Bluey episode ‘The Sign’ – the Heeler’s house sale is potentially a contract nightmare.
There will likely be a settlement between Victoria and the games organisers for breaching the contract. But the Commonwealth Games may be the ones to suffer long-term reputational damage.
If sex workers have to pay taxes and have all the other burdens of business and employment, then surely their contracts must be honoured as well.
You may want to think twice before giving up your right to sue if you get sick, but you probably won’t have much choice.
Millions of South Africans exchange billions of rands annually but disputes involving these transactions hardly ever appear before the country’s courts.
As if firms didn’t have enough to worry about, the pandemic could leave many of them open to unexpected legal liabilities.
Legally, consumers are expected to read any online contracts they enter into, but companies have no obligation to offer readable agreements. As research shows, most are incomprehensible.
When an African grey parrot named Rocco made purchases via his owner’s Amazon Alexa voice assistant, it raised questions about who was legally responsible for footing the bill.
Consumer law requires legal agreements to be transparent – so how does this apply to complicated terms and conditions we’re expected to read?
A purported contract between Sinclair and an anchor demanded a huge penalty if the employee quit. While many asked if that’s legal, a more interesting question is why more companies don’t do the same thing.
South African commercial law courses do not address the question of what norms and procedures govern business relations in indigenous African communities.
Laws cannot keep pace with technological advances – but that may not be a bad thing.
The extension of laws on unfair contract terms to cover small businesses, may help farmers take more control of the data their farms generate.
Contracts have governed the workings of the economy since ancient times. Contract theory is about ensuring they have the right incentives.
Consumers don’t understand the contracts they are signing when they buy smartphones, new research shows.
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Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Professor Emerita, Law, University of Sydney
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Professor at Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty Associate at Harvard University, Harvard University
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LLD - Private Law, University of the Western Cape
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Visiting professor, National University of Singapore
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Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication, University of Florida
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Lecturer, UNSW
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Senior Principal Researcher, CSIRO
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Director, Master of Business Administration Program (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Psycholinguistics, University of Nottingham
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Permanent Researcher, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Law, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nottingham