Danish term
United States
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ubillig
The choices offered up by Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger are:
(uretfærdig)
unfair
unjust
inequitable
(urimelig)
unreasonable
(ublu)
unconscionable
Now, in American law some of these have very different meanings from each other. I'd like to have an expert recommendation for the right one here, so that I don't have to undertake a crash course in Danish case law on commercial disputes this afternoon.
| 2 | unfair |
Mette Melchior
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| 5 +1 | unreasonable; unfair, |
Sven Petersson
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| 4 | unjust |
Suzanne Blangsted (X)
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| 3 | inequitable |
rajagopalan sampatkumar
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| 3 | unconscionable |
Adrian MM. (X)
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Proposed translations
Sweden
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unfair
I don't know which suggestion would be most appropriate with reference to American law, but in an unofficial translation of the relevant Act, which is made by a professor in legal translation at ASB, the term "unfair" has been used as the translation of "ubillig" in this section.
If a contract has been concluded without making provision for the price, the buyer shall pay the price charged by the seller provided such price is not considered unfair.
| Thank you very much for this, Mette! It is helpful for both the present question and for other questions involved in this project. |
| Thanks again, Mette. I've used your suggestion. I'll be looking closely at that English translation for insights generally into translating Danish commercial law. Points will be awarded when feasible on ProZ. |
unjust
Ref.Juridisk Ordbog.
| Sorry, but in the U.S. context, "unjust" would probably be the least likely to be used by a court in this specific instance, IMO. |
Sweden
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inequitable
unconscionable
The only question for me is whether regulations - rather than a transaction, practice or conduct - say in the US, can be branded unconscionable in 'equity'. So see the example sentence.
unconscionable regulations whose only purpose was to shield powerful drug makers from damages were also reversed.
| On very rare occasions, contracts are voided here in the U.S. as unconscionable. That's not the situation that this one rises to, however. |
Discussion
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I øvrigt vil den frihed, der antages at tilkomme domstolene ved lovens fortolkning og anvendelse, være bestemmende for, i hvor vidt og i hvilket omfang der kan tages hensyn til billighed.
If billighed = ikke ubillig, then as I see it, it means something like fair or reasonable.
The references imply situations where the solutions may be fair and satisfactory to the parties, but difficult or impossible to evaluate in terms of money or other objective criteria.