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Consentability, Autonomy, And Self-Actualization, Jonathan Witmer-Rich
Consentability, Autonomy, And Self-Actualization, Jonathan Witmer-Rich
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This essay evaluates several competing principles underlying consent, such as self-interest, self-sovereignty, and self-actualization. Witmer-Rich argues that the nature of consent depends heavily on which of these underlying values consent is believed to serve and concludes that “self-actualization—the ongoing human project of creating and embodying coherent and meaningful values and choices—is the most fundamental good of autonomy and is the good that society should seek to further in the law of consent.”
The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
The Holy Grail? Designing And Teaching An Integrated Doctrine And Drafting Course, Claire C. Robinson May
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
I’ve long considered teaching doctrine and skills together in a single course to be the holy grail of legal education. If we could do so successfully, we might make significant strides in providing a legal education that better prepares our students to be practicing lawyers. In spring 2016, my colleague Professor April Cherry and I took the plunge and collaboratively offered a course titled Estates and Trusts: Doctrine and Drafting at our institution, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. This essay describes our experience and lessons learned pursuing the holy grail.
Dikai Emporikai: A Response To Alberto Maffi, Mark J. Sundahl
Dikai Emporikai: A Response To Alberto Maffi, Mark J. Sundahl
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
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Visual Clarity In Contract Drafting, Karin Mika
Visual Clarity In Contract Drafting, Karin Mika
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
No abstract provided.
Due Date: Enforcing Surrogacy Promises In The Best Interest Of The Child, Browne C. Lewis
Due Date: Enforcing Surrogacy Promises In The Best Interest Of The Child, Browne C. Lewis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Professor Lewis argues that the courts should apply contract principles and not family law principles to resolve surrogacy disputes. Since children are unique, Professor Lewis argues, courts should presume that the contract should be specifically enforced. As a result, the intended mother should be adjudicated the legal mother. However, Professor Lewis further argues the the surrogate should be able to present evidence of changed circumstances to rebut the presumption of specific performance and permit the court to determine maternity based upon the best interests of the child.
The Promissory Character Of Adequate Assurances Of Performance, Michael J. Borden
The Promissory Character Of Adequate Assurances Of Performance, Michael J. Borden
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Part I provides the reader with an account of the development of the doctrine of adequate assurances from its earliest roots in the doctrine of anticipatory repudiation. Part II explains the workings of the modern doctrine in the context of a recent case. In Part III, I argue that promises made in response to a demand for adequate assurances can be understood as a class of enforceable promises. In Parts IV and V, I attempt to work out the back-end consequences that would result from treating assurances as enforceable promises.
Mistake And Disclosure In A Model Of Two-Sided Informational Inputs, Michael J. Borden
Mistake And Disclosure In A Model Of Two-Sided Informational Inputs, Michael J. Borden
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This paper will examine some theoretical aspects of contractual non-disclosure and the related doctrine of unilateral mistake. These two legal rubrics are conceptually similar; each is concerned with the degree to which parties must communicate their understandings about the nature of the contract into which they are about to enter. If one party fails to reveal enough information, the other party may enter into the agreement under a misunderstanding and consequently may attempt to avoid contractual liability on the basis of mistake or on a theory of nondisclosure. The law of contracts clearly attaches a great deal of importance to …
Ohio: A Microcosm Of Tort Reform Versus State Constitutional Mandates, Stephen J. Werber
Ohio: A Microcosm Of Tort Reform Versus State Constitutional Mandates, Stephen J. Werber
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Tort reform emanates, for our purposes, from two primary bodies: state judicial and legislative branches. The vast panoply of congressional and regulatory federal action that bears on the protections afforded and rights to recover for persons within their ambit is a subject for another day. Similarly, the rare areas in which the Supreme Court of the United States establishes federal common law are subjects for another day. On a national scale, the impetus for state legislative reform action can be found in a series of landmark decisions that were soon adopted, in largely similar form, by almost all state supreme …