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ContractsProf Blog
Farewell Post I: Why Junior Faculty Members Should Blog
I have told my co-bloggers and the Blog Emperor that I intend to step down from the blog at the end of the semester. I am leaving things in good…
ContractsProf Blog
Library Fines, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Libertarian Paternalism
In The Path of the Law, Holmes wrote that “[t]he duty to keep a contract at common law means a prediction that you must pay damages if you do not keep it,—and…
ContractsProf Blog
Is Steve Irwin Really Dead?
California takes its laws against minors contracting seriously. Very seriously. Dancing with the Stars favorite Bindi Irwin, daughter of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, must prove that her father was really…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
Jennejohn on “Multivalent Contracting”
By Gordon Smith
My colleague, Matt Jennejohn, has just posted to SSRN an excellent paper on innovation and contract design. The Private Order of Innovation Networks (forthcoming in the Stanford Law Review) takes…
Surf and Turf Law
When Contracts and Constitution Collide – Third Circuit Looks at the Tonnage Clause
And, in the Third Circuit, the contract wins.Among the arcane provisions of the U.S. Constitution is the tonnage clause which prohibits the states from laying "any Duty of Tonnage" without…
PropertyProf Blog
Who Owns This Dog’s Sperm?
This is one of the stranger disputes I've stumbled upon:With nearly six figures pumped into his care and training, Beau Lemon, a bichon frisé from Minnesota, rose through the dog…
PropertyProf Blog
Newman on Bailment and the Property/Contract Interface
Christopher Newman (George Mason) has posted Bailment and the Property/Contract Interface on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This article seeks to contribute to both the theory of private law and our understanding…
PropertyProf Blog
Ely on State Constitutional Law and the Protection of Economic Rights Before the Civil War
James Ely (Vanderbilt) has posted ‘The Sacredness of Private Property:’ State Constitutional Law and the Protection of Economic Rights Before the Civil War (NYU Journal of Law & Liberty) on…
Blaneys Appeals
COURT OF APPEAL SUMMARIES (AUGUST 24 – 28, 2015)
Hello everyone, There was only one civil law decision released this week by the Ontario Court of Appeal. It involved privity of contract, agency and joint liability under a settlement…
ContractsProf Blog
Teaching Again . . . and Thinking about Goods
We started up again this week, so I am once again having the pleasure of introducing students to the glorious realm of contracts law. Today, we will be delving into…