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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Fully Complete Title: The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act: A communicative study of its impact on contractual relations grounded in elements of John Rawls' theory of justice Abstract: In the last decade, e-commerce, especially computer software, has come to play a major role in the national and global marketplace. In an effort to reconcile disparate contract laws that effect e-commerce Congress proposed the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act ("UCITA"). Proponents of UCITA argue that it unifies conflicting laws while balancing the interests of consumers and producers of computer-based information transactions. Critics charge that UCITA leaves opaque the landscape of laws effecting e-commerce and unfairly favors the interests of producers vis-à-vis consumers. While viewing UCITA through the lens of elements of John Rawls' theory of justice, this dissertation investigates the following premises: (1) the scope of UCITA is overbroad as it attempts to alter certain rights and privileges granted by current federal and state law, and (2) UCITA is an inequitable law because it is detrimental to consumers. These premises are evaluated using textual analyses and the case study method. |
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