Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recently had an article, “Abuse of Contract: Boilerplate Erasure of Consumer Counterparty Rights,” accepted in the Iowa Law Review. In her article, Professor Boyack examines the potential abuse of contracts through boilerplate design as well as suggests how data from a recent study of companies’ online terms…
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Professor Andrea Boyack develops a new framework for consumer contracts in Denver Law Review article
Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, recently published a new piece, “The Shape of Consumer Contracts,” in the Denver Law Review. In her article, Professor Boyack presents a new approach to consumer contract law that she argues would “treat a consumer’s choice to do business with a company as legally distinct from assent to…
Professor Andrea Boyack Quoted in New York Times
Professor Andrea Boyack was quoted in a New York Times article regarding “zombie mortgages.” To read the full story, visit:…
Professor Andrea Boyack Publishes Article in JOTWELL
Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor of Law at Mizzou Law, published an article in the prestigious JOTWELL blog examining recent scholarly work related revisiting single-family zoning and property rights. To read the full article, visit:…
Professor Boyack Publishes Article in Attorney at Law Magazine
Professor Andrea Boyack, the Floyd R. Gibson Professor of Law at Mizzou Law published an article in Attorney at Law Magazine where she discussed a new plan to change consumer contract law. Read the full article here:…
Prof. Boyack Discusses New Consumer Contracts Paper on Podcast
Professor Andrea Boyack discussed her forthcoming paper outlying a new framework for consumer contracts with the Ballard Spahr Consumer Finance Monitor podcast: https://www.ballardspahr.com/Insights/Blogs/2024/01/Podcast-A-Look-at-a-New-Approach-to-Consumer-Contracts.…
Prof. Andrea Boyack writes in Bloomberg Law about her forthcoming publication
In a newly published piece in Bloomberg Law, Mizzou Law’s Andrea Boyack suggests a new framework for consumer contracts that prioritizes consumers’ agency over a blind agreement to a company’s boilerplate terms. “Companies have long claimed that their online boilerplates must be afforded contractual status, or else the world of commerce would be thrown into chaos. This is absurd. In…
MU law professor pushes to redefine modern contracts, advocate for consumer protections
By Courtney Perrett, Show Me Mizzou Whether you’re subscribing to a dating app, getting a gym membership, visiting a website or purchasing a product, you’re probably entering into a consumer contract. As widely used as these agreements are, people rarely read, understand, or know the content of them. Although there are some government regulations, contract law generally treats online “terms…
Faculty Spotlight — Meet Professor Andrea Boyack
Skydiving, visiting all 50 states, running the New York City Marathon, and writing a law school casebook — Floyd R. Gibson Endowed Professor Andrea Boyack has crossed off a number of her bucket list items in the last 20 years. Her professional experience is as varied as her bucket lists. After completing her undergraduate degree in Russian and international relations…
Professor Boyack Publishes Casebook on Real Estate Transactions
Professor Andrea Boyack joins with Professors Jim Kelly (Notre Dame), Robin Paul Malloy (Syracuse) and Jim Smith (Georgia) in authoring the 6th edition of one of the nation’s most popular real estate law casebooks: Real Estate Transactions: Problems, Cases and Materials (Aspen 2023). This casebook is concise and user friendly, providing students with the tools necessary to understand real estate…