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ContractsProf Blog
FW: Fw: Fwd: FWD: Best Lawyer/Insurance Story of the Year…
Don't you love those forwarded, forwarded, forwarded, forwarded emails? This is why someone invented infinity. Well, my dear friend's mother (Ada) sent along this one, probably because I'm a lawyer. …
Virginia Family Law Journal
Non-Bio Dad Bound By Child Support Contract
By Rob Hagy
A Texas court has ruled that a former husband was bound by a child support contract for a child who was not his biological child. Read the case here.
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Prof Weekly Spotlight: Kerri Lynn Stone
Kerri Lynn Stone (Temple)B.A., Columbia UniversityJ.D., NYU Law School Kerri Stone is in her second year of a two-year post as an Abraham L. Freedman Fellow and Lecturer in Law…
ContractsProf Blog
Contract Law Limerick of the Week
Hamer v. Sidwayby Jeremy Telman (Valparaiso)Did dissolute William fulfillA contract with rich Uncle Will?Yes, forbearance from vice,Said the court, will sufficeAs performance, and so it is still.
ContractsProf Blog
Three Year Old Buys a New Car (Sort of)
Just saw this news story, about a three-year-old, named Jack, who wanted to buy a new car:Jack's mother told the BBC she had left her password for the eBay auction…
ContractsProf Blog
Speaking of Taylor v. Caldwell . . .
The good folks at the Wikipedia Free Encyclopedia have a public domain image of the interior of the Surrey Gardens Music Hall (left--click to enlarge) dating from 1858, three years…
Sui Generis--a New York law blog
Define That Term # 146 September 25, 2006 Friday’s term
By Niki Black
Define That Term # 146 September 25, 2006 Friday's term was third-party beneficiary, which is defined as:n. a person who is not a party to a contract but has legal…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Prof Weekly Spotlight: Michael Satz
Michael Satz (University of Idaho College of Law)B.A., B.S., Southern Methodist UniversityJ.D., University of Michigan Michael Satz recently joined the law faculty at the University of Idaho College of Law…
ContractsProf Blog
Contract v. Gift
Why does the law enforce promises it calls "contracts" but not those it calls "gifts"? It's a good question. Such a good question that nobody has ever really been able…
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Contracts Prof Weekly Spotlight: Angelique EagleWoman (Wambdi WasteWin)
Angelique EagleWoman (WambdiWasteWin) (Hamline University)B.A., Stanford UniversityJ.D., University of North DakotaL.L.M., University of Tulsa College of LawAngelique EagleWoman has joined the Hamline University Lawfaculty this August. Her teaching areasinclude Contracts…