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The article concerns the issue of pricing errors in electronic contracts. In order to study the question, the author analyzes the decision of the Superior Court of Quebec Union des consommateurs c. Dell Computer Corp., as well as that of The Court of Appeal of Quebec. As the question of pricing error is not treated in neither of the two decisions, the author studies, initially, the errors recognized in Quebec law as defects of consent. Secondly, the author studies the specific case of pricing error in the context of electronic contracts and the validity of the latter. Finally, the author analyses certain foreign decisions which relate to the validity of an electronic contract concluded on the basis of a pricing error.

[*] Cet article a été écrit avant que ne soit rendue la décision Dell Computer Corp. c. Union des consommateurs, 2007 CSC 34 (CanLII).

[**] Étudiante, Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal.