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Judicial Supremacy And The Settlement Function, Robert F. Nagel
Judicial Supremacy And The Settlement Function, Robert F. Nagel
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Notice And Notification Under The Revised Uniform Partnership Act: Some Suggested Changes, J. Dennis Hynes
Notice And Notification Under The Revised Uniform Partnership Act: Some Suggested Changes, J. Dennis Hynes
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This Article addresses the decision by the drafters of the revised Uniform Partnership Act (1996) (RUPA) to reduce the traditional defenses available to partnerships in apparent authority cases. RUPA eliminated the requirement that apparent authority claims against a partnership be based on the claimant's reasonable expectations. Under RUPA a partnership is liable for a partner's unauthorized act even when the claimant had reason to know the act was unauthorized. A defense based on the claimant's knowledge is effective only when the claimant actually knows--is cognitively aware--that the act was unauthorized. This Article argues that this places an unfair burden on …