2016.09.06
CHICAGO-KEIO LAW SEMINAR 2016
Standard Form Transaction Agreements
On the afternoons of September 13 and 14, Keio University Law School will host a conference
to consider aspects of the law governing standard form transaction agreements - typically
agreements used repeatedly in large numbers of transactions between a business and a consumer.
The conference features presentation and discussion of academic papers by four scholars from
the University of Chicago Law School, known for its focus on economic analysis of legal issues,
and four renowned Japanese civil and commercial law scholars. Details are below.
Location: South Building, Room D2101, Keio University Mita Campus
(Building #13 on the linked map: https://www.keio.ac.jp/en/maps/ )
Registration/Cost: Admission is free. Registration required by email notice to attention of Ms.
Kiguchi at law-jm@adst.keio.ac.jp (please provide name, title, affiliation and contact
information)
Sept. 13
13:30~14:15Naoko Kano, Keio University Law School, Requirements of Incorporation of the
Standard Clauses: including the requirement of disclosure
14:15~15:00Omri Ben Shahar, the University of Chicago Law School, "Pay Now, Terms
Later": Why Advance Disclosure of Standard Contract Terms Should Not Be Required
15:00~15:30 Free Discussion in Search of a Better Law
15:30~15:45Coffee Break
16:45~17:45Kenji Saigusa, Waseda University Law School,Unilateral Modification of
Contract Terms
17:45~18:45Daniel Hemel, University of Chicago Law School,Contractual Order Without
Contract Law
18:45~19:00 Closing Remarks by the participants
Sept. 14
13:30~14:15Eriko Taoka, Kokushikan University Faculty of Law,Interpretation based on the
Parties' Reasonable Intentions and Content Regulation of Standard Form Contracts in Japan
14:15~15:00Lior Strahilevitz, University of Chicago Law School,Using Consumer Surveys In
the Interpretation of Standard Form Contracts
15:00~15:30 Free Discussion in Search of a Better Law
15:30~15:45Coffee Break
16:45~17:30Wataru Tanaka, University of Tokyo Institute of Social Sciences,Bounded
Rationality: A Double-edged Sword in Regulating Standard Form Contracts
17:30~18:15Todd Henderson, University of Chicago Law School,Hacking Contracts: Are
Technology Platforms Changing the Nature of Contract Law?
18:15~18:45 Free Discussion in Search of a Better Law