This article examines the Supreme Court's 1991 decision in Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute and the decision's harmful impact on American consumers. In Carnival Cruise the Rehnquist Court upheld a forum-selection clause in a consumer form contract, extending the enforceability of such...

Consumer litigation funding (CLF) provides non-recourse cash advances to consumer plaintiffs pursuing a tort complaint. This paper examines how access to this funding impacts outcomes in the legal system. Using exogenous variation in access to CLF resulting from staggered state- level law...

This Article explores consumer collection litigation through original research from more than five hundred cases filed in the Dallas County courts. It analyzes the data within the context of the modern debt collection industry, paying special attention to the role of debt buyers and to the...

Research on the entry of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the agricultural marketplace has largely emphasised questions of consumer confidence and trust, product liability, and the market. However, the relationship between GMOs, free trade, and questions of culture and traditional...