UNFAIR TERMS IN THE AIR TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor of Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran

2 Phd Student in Private Law, Mofid University

Abstract

Air transportation contracts are those considered for numerous consumers. Given the point that thousands and even millions of daily transportation contracts between the airline companies (as the expert) and passengers (as a consumer) are placed, it seems necessary to identify the unfair terms in the contracts, which represents airlines abusing their power. It is also noteworthy that for fighting against the unfair terms, in addition to identifying the instances of the unfair terms, applying the appropriate legal strategy is also demanding. European Nation country members attempted to develop new strategies in order to fight against the unfair terms. The present study aimed to initially identify the unfair terms and then investigate their relevant provisions.

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Law Quarterly
Volume 48, Issue 4
January 2019
Pages 723-742

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