Posición del consumidor y usuario en los contratos de adhesión : examen de las condiciones generales. Análisis comparado del derecho norteamericano.

Abstract

The object of this article is to analyze the conditions underwhich the adhesión contract takes place in relation to the consumer in the United States. First, the author discusses and compares how the American and the Spanish laws regulate the rights of the consumers, and the adhesion contracts. In the second part of the article, the author examines different decisions made in the American courts of law that have affected both the position of the consumer and the adhesion contracts; and in the last part, the author classifies and analyzes those decisions under three general conditions.