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Contracts
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ContractsProf Blog
New Scholarship from Peggy Radin
Readers who followed our Boilerplate symposium or who are otherwise fans of Peggy Radin's work will be interested to know that she has not rested on her laurels since the publication…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Nursing Home Contracts Revisited: The Nutmeg State Adds Spice
Nursing homes, contracts, agents and payment demands. I'm seeing interesting cases and laws coming out of Connecticut. The topic is whether (and when) liability arises for an individual, often a…
ContractsProf Blog
Coase and Contracts: What To Do?
When teaching contracts I deal with a delimma. I feel that any law student who graduates and could not carry on a cocktail party discussion about the Coase Theorem has…
ContractsProf Blog
Grateful Dead Bassist Grateful for Steady Work at Age 73
Contracts law is about facilitating mutually beneficial transactions. Where would we be in a world without contracts lawyers?A case in point is this story in the New York Times: Long-time…
PropertyProf Blog
Van Erp on the Fuzzy Boundary Between Contract and Property Law
Sjef Van Erp (University of Maastricht) has posted Contract and Property Law: Distinct, but not Separate on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Contract and property law are traditionally seen as rather distinct…
ContractsProf Blog
On the Meaning of “Chicken”
Dear Judges Friendly and Traynor:Upon reflection, Judge Traynor may have had it right when he wrote:Words, however, do not have absolute and constant referents. "A word is a symbol of…
ContractsProf Blog
Love, Death and Contracts in “The Forsyte Saga”
John GalsworthyA contract dispute powers A Man of Property, the first volume of John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga, to its conclusion. Now, I admit, the synopsis that follows is not based on the…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Blawg Roundup
The Essence of a BlawgerHere is a collection of recent posts on other law blogs (blawgs) about contracts:Concurring Opinions' Larry Cunningham on The Responsibility of Autonomy: More on Berkshire and…
ContractsProf Blog
U. of Chicago Law to Host Panel on the Contracts Scholarship of Douglas Baird
Lunchtime Panel: Baird's ContractsDate: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 12:15pm - 1:30pmLocation: Classroom IIContact info: Marjorie Holme, mholme@uchicago.eduReconstructing Contracts: The Contracts Scholarship of Douglas BairdA panel of leading scholars discuss Douglas Baird's pathbreaking work on Contract Law published…
ContractsProf Blog
Breaking Bad: It All Came Down to Contracts!
As we predicted, the finale of Breaking Bad turned crucially on Walt's contract with Uncle Jack pursuant to which Uncle Jack was to kill Jesse Pinkman. *******SPOILER ALERTIF YOU ARE…