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Echeverria On “Public Takings of Private Contracts”
Vermont lawprof John D. Echeverria has posted Public Takings of Private Contracts on SSRN. From the abstract:This article, part of a larger project analyzing how far public and private contracting…
ContractsProf Blog
Killing Two Birds With One e-Bay: Boyfriends, Buyers Beware.
Reading about yet another disciplinary use of eBay, a mad girlfriend who ebayed her cheating boyfriend’s things provides food for thought about contractual expectations in relationships. A relationship, in pseudo contractual…
ContractsProf Blog
Audiofile of Interview with Son of Plaintiff in Lucy v. Zehmer
Barak Richman (pictured, left) and Dennis Schmelzer (pictured right) have a new article up on SSRN on the celebrated case of Lucy v. Zehmer, about which we have posted in the past.…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Dodge on the Limits of Private Procedural Ordering
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Jaime Dodge (Harvard Law School) has posted The Limits of Private Procedural Ordering to SSRN.Abstract: Civil procedure is traditionally conceived of as a body of publicly-set rules, with limited carve-outs – most…
ContractsProf Blog
How To eBay Your Children’s Offending Toys (Moms: Do Not Try This At Home).
As the mother of two preteen children this story hit a little too close to home. In short, kids insist on playing with Beyblades in the bathtub, said tub is chipped and soap…
ContractsProf Blog
The Huffington Post/AOL Merger: Choice and Value in Contracts
The Huffington Post/AOL Merger that is rousing indignation in certain quarters got me thinking about value and choice in contractual bargains. What is “a good bargain”? Is it all in the price? The…
ContractsProf Blog
Charlie Sheen Has No Morals…Clause (allegedly)
After we discuss ambiguity, contractual interpretation, interpretive maxims and other related topics, I have my first-year Contracts students draft a morals clause for a faux contract between a television network…
De Novo
Appeals Granted
By Jay O'Keeffe
In a slow week, SCOVA granted just one appeal (and reportedly on a petition for rehearing at that): a parol evidence/statute of frauds/estoppel case out of Williamsburg. As a bit…
ContractsProf Blog
A New Contracts Defense: Killer Bees
In my contracts class, we’ve just begun our study of standard contracts defenses. Interestingly, via the Consumerist, here's a very non-standard attempt to get out of a contract, based on…
The Faculty Lounge
Casebooks, Co-Authors, and Contract Concerns
Perhaps you have authored a casebook, study aid, or other law-related work. Congratulations! May your royalties propel you into a higher tax bracket. Do you have a co-author? If so,…