Consumer Law 2007 Supplemental Materials: Arbitration

Consumer Law (Summer 2007)

Supplemental Materials on Consumer Arbitration

Assigned reading:

Additional background material (optional):

Outcomes of Arbitration: An Empirical Study of Consumer Lending Cases (Ernst & Young, 2004)
Comments on Ernst & Young Arbitration Outcomes Report (Center for Responsible Lending, Feb. 24, 2005)
Consumers Blindsided by Arbitration Clauses in Credit Card Contracts, National Consumer Law Center Outlook (Spring 2005)
Mark E. Budnitz, The High Cost of Mandatory Consumer Arbitration, 67 L. & Contemp. Probs. 133 (2004)
Paul D. Carrington, Unconscionable Lawyers, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 361 (2002)
Roger Haydock, Setting the Record Straight About Contractual Arbitration: A Response to Richard Neely, W. Va. Law. 12 (Nov./Dec. 2006)

Eric J. Mogilnicki & Kirk D. Jensen, Arbitration and Unconscionability, 19 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 761 (2003)
Richard Neely, Arbitration and the Godless Bloodsuckers, W. Va. Law. 12 (Sept./Oct. 2006)
Edward F. Sherman, Decline & Fall, 93 ABA J. 51 (June 2007) [alternate link]