Images in Legal Contracts: The Potential of Visual Contracts, for Children and Beyond

Abstract

The Comic Book Contract project at UWA (www.comicbookcontracts.com) has transformed the idea of visuals in contracts for the past 8 years, culminating in applications across a very diffuse range of industries including banking, research, services and many more. Research has found increases in comprehension, engagement and perception of the providers of visual contracts, and dispute elimination across the board. The images applied have transformed relational contracting, using behavioural drivers and if/then thinking. We are now turning to contracts with children, and want to showcase the images and design insights gained through the multidisciplinary approach to images, contract law and psychological drivers, including results from a variety of focus groups.

Presenters

Camilla Andersen
Professor, Law, University of Western Australia, Western Australia, Australia

Details

Presentation Type

Innovation Showcase

Theme

The Image in Society

KEYWORDS

Legal Design Relational Contracting Visual Law Contract Innovation