There have been two very interesting Substacks that I wanted to promote since my last post on Substacks. By the way, if you are a contracts scholar with a Substack of which I have yet to take notice, please
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Friday Frivolity: Labor Economics and Alien
This frivolity comes to you courtesy of the Planet Money podcast, which devoted an entire episode to the theme of labor economics in the Alien franchise.
Cutting to the chase, the entire plot of the Alien franchise turns on contractual
Indiana University Refuses to Renew Instructor over a Graphic
Jessica Adams was an instructor in the School of Social Work at Indiana University at Bloomington (IU). She taught a graduate course called “Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice.” In that course, she shared with students a graphic associating the slogan
The New York Times and the Broken Merit Systems Protection Board
Abraham Lincoln complained about office seekers, comparing their demands unfavorably to those of the Civil War and finding them more taxing on his personal resources than the rebels. Various post-war reforms did away with the patronage system, but the Supreme
SCOTUS Will Not Allow an Implied Cause of Action for Rescission
No surprises here. In FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund Ltd., the 6-3 conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) refused to recognize a private right of action for rescission under the Investment Company Act
There Ought To Be a Law . . . Review Article About Landor
I write about the intersection of contracts law and constitutional law. It is no surprise that I was drawn to Justice Gorsuch’s theory (which found support from five additional Justices) in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections) that Spending Clause
Friday Frivolity: Sid DeLong on Ancient Remedies
Should We Reintroduce Death, Dismemberment, and Damnation as Contract Remedies?Sidney W. DeLong
Contract theorists such as Charles Fried and Seanna Shiffrin who emphasize promise as central to contract enforceability have criticized the expectation measure of damages because, by limiting the
Bad Judicial Writing
Another Plea for Judicial Sentencing Reform
Sidney W. DeLong
I had this nagging memory that somewhere in my contracts materials I encountered what I thought must have been the worst sentence ever to issue from a judge’s pen. By serendipity,
Sid DeLong on Legal Fictions
Telling a Pickaxe From a Case-Knife or How to Recognize a Legal Fiction When You See One.
Sidney W. DeLong
When Mr. Bumble (below) in Oliver Twist was told that he was legally responsible for the debts of his wife because “the
Substacks to Read This Weekend
I am once again interrupting my hiatus to bring you news that just can’t wait.
First, my go-to person on all arbitration-related matters, Tamar Meshel (below), has a new Substack, Arbitration Law Prof, where she provides capsule summaries weekly