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Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah Post Mar 2016

Dismantling Democracy: Common Sense And The Contract Jurisprudence Of Frank Easterbrook, Deborah Post

Touro Law Review

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Preface To The Gateway Thread, Deborah Post Mar 2016

Preface To The Gateway Thread, Deborah Post

Touro Law Review

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Where's The Sense In Hill V. Gateway 2000?: Reflections On The Visible Hand Of Norm Creation, Shubha Ghosh Mar 2016

Where's The Sense In Hill V. Gateway 2000?: Reflections On The Visible Hand Of Norm Creation, Shubha Ghosh

Touro Law Review

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Cognition And Common Sense In Contract Law, Beverly Horsburgh, Andrew Cappel Mar 2016

Cognition And Common Sense In Contract Law, Beverly Horsburgh, Andrew Cappel

Touro Law Review

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Common Sense, Contracts, And Law And Literature: Why Lawyers Should Read Henry James, Lenora Ledwon Mar 2016

Common Sense, Contracts, And Law And Literature: Why Lawyers Should Read Henry James, Lenora Ledwon

Touro Law Review

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Of Contract, Culture, And The Code: Judge Easterbrook And The Cheyenne Indians, John M. Conley Mar 2016

Of Contract, Culture, And The Code: Judge Easterbrook And The Cheyenne Indians, John M. Conley

Touro Law Review

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Mediation Outcomes: Lawyers' Experience With Commercial And Construction Mediation In The United Kingdom , Penny Brooker, Anthony Lavers Mar 2012

Mediation Outcomes: Lawyers' Experience With Commercial And Construction Mediation In The United Kingdom , Penny Brooker, Anthony Lavers

Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal

This paper reports on the final phase of a three-year study into the role of lawyers in the development of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) following the implementation of the Civil Procedure Rules in 1999 and draws comparisons between US and Canadian studies. The paper centres on the use of mediation, which is recognised as the pre-eminent ADR process in the UK. Data are analysed from 30 interviews with specialist commercial and construction-related lawyers who have utilised mediation in the dispute resolution process. Interviewees were selected from respondents to a national survey of lawyers specializing in commercial and construction-related practice. Whereas …


Inside The Law: Canadian Law Firms In Historical Perspective, Douglas C. Harris Apr 1997

Inside The Law: Canadian Law Firms In Historical Perspective, Douglas C. Harris

Dalhousie Law Journal

This collection of essays edited by Carol Wilton' chronicles the changing character of Canadian law firms from the "golden age" of the sole practitioner in the nineteenth century to the mega-firms of the late twentieth. Most of the essays describe the changing profession through a case study of a single lawyer or firm, and Wilton has collected a representative sample of firms from across the country. Some of the firms remained small or disappeared, while others grew into full-service corporate commercial law firms of several hundred lawyers. Most of the essays focus on the personalities of the lawyers involved, their …


From Holt And Mansfield To Story To Llewellyn And Mentschikoff: The Progressive Development Of Commercial Law, Charles A. Bane Sep 1983

From Holt And Mansfield To Story To Llewellyn And Mentschikoff: The Progressive Development Of Commercial Law, Charles A. Bane

University of Miami Law Review

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Antebellum Commercial Law: Common Law Approaches To Secured Transactions, Tony Freyer Jan 1982

Antebellum Commercial Law: Common Law Approaches To Secured Transactions, Tony Freyer

Kentucky Law Journal

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Securing Commercial Transactions In The Antebellum Legal System Of Louisiana, Richard Kilbourne Jan 1982

Securing Commercial Transactions In The Antebellum Legal System Of Louisiana, Richard Kilbourne

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.