In contract law an unconscionable contract is one that is unjust or extremely one-sided in favor of the person who has the superior bargaining power.
In a suit for breach of contract, a court will not enforce an unconscionable contract (award damages or order specific performance) against the person unfairly treated, on the theory that he/she was misled, ...
It was intended to protect sons who lived under the paternal jurisdiction, from the unconscionable contracts which they sometimes made on the expectations after their fathers' deaths; another, and perhaps, the principle object, ...
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In a 1906 decision1, Justice Macnaghten wrote that an unconscionable contract is one which is: "... unreasonable and not in accordance with the ordinary rules of fair dealing." ...
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