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The language of § 2-302 and the Official Comment which follows it make no mention of damages as an available remedy for an unconscionable contract. This is consistent with traditional common law unconscionability theory. When the equity courts found contracts to be unconscionable, they refused specific enforcement. See J. White and R. Summers, Uniform Commercial Code, § 4-2 at 113, and § 4-8 at 130 (1972) (citing Earl of Chesterfield v. Janssen, 28 Eng. Rep. 82 (Ch. 1750)). The remedies available to modern courts under § 2-302 are of similar equitable nature: (1) If the court as a matter of law finds the ...