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Full-Text Articles in Law
Contract As Statute, Mitu Gulati, Stephen J. Choi
Contract As Statute, Mitu Gulati, Stephen J. Choi
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Formalists contend that courts should apply strict textual analysis in interpreting contracts between sophisticated commercial parties. Sophisticated parties have the expertise and means to record their intentions in writing, reducing the litigation and uncertainty costs surrounding incomplete contracts. Moreover, to the extent courts misinterpret contracts, sophisticated parties may simply rewrite their contracts to clarify their true intent. We argue that the formalist approach imposes large costs on even sophisticated parties in the context of boilerplate contracts. Where courts make errors in interpreting boilerplate terms, parties face large collective action problems in rewriting existing boilerplate provisions. Any single party that attempts …
Common-Law Disclosure Duties And The Sin Of Omission: Testing The Meta-Theories, Kimberly D. Krawiec, Kathryn Zeiler
Common-Law Disclosure Duties And The Sin Of Omission: Testing The Meta-Theories, Kimberly D. Krawiec, Kathryn Zeiler
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Since ancient times, legal scholars have explored the vexing question of when and what a contracting party must disclose to her counterparty, even in the absence of explicit misleading statements. This fascination has culminated in a set of claims regarding which factors drive courts to impose disclosure duties on informed parties. Most of these claims are based on analysis of a small number of non-randomly selected cases and have not been tested systematically. This article represents the first attempt to systematically test a number of these claims using data coded from 466 case decisions spanning over a wide array of …
Economic Organization In The Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Collaborative Production Under High Uncertainty, William A. Klein, Mitu Gulati
Economic Organization In The Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Collaborative Production Under High Uncertainty, William A. Klein, Mitu Gulati
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Sovereign Bonds And The Collective Will, Lee C. Buchheit, G. Mitu Gulati
Sovereign Bonds And The Collective Will, Lee C. Buchheit, G. Mitu Gulati
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Privatautonomie Und Privatkodifikation – Zu Anwendbarkeit Und Geltung Allgemeiner Vertragsrechtsprinzipien, Ralf Michaels
Privatautonomie Und Privatkodifikation – Zu Anwendbarkeit Und Geltung Allgemeiner Vertragsrechtsprinzipien, Ralf Michaels
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International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein
International Contracts In European Courts: Jurisdiction Under Article 5(1) Of The Brussels Convention, Herbert Bernstein
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Legal Realism And The Social Contract: Fuller’S Public Jurisprudence Of Form, Private Jurisprudence Of Substance, James Boyle
Legal Realism And The Social Contract: Fuller’S Public Jurisprudence Of Form, Private Jurisprudence Of Substance, James Boyle
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Limitations On Contract Termination Rights—Franchise Cancellations, Ernest Gellhorn
Limitations On Contract Termination Rights—Franchise Cancellations, Ernest Gellhorn
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Developments In Contract Liability Of Trusts And Trustees, John D. Johnston Jr.
Developments In Contract Liability Of Trusts And Trustees, John D. Johnston Jr.
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Ehrenzweig And The Statute Of Frauds: An Inquiry Into The Rule Of Validation, Brainerd Currie
Ehrenzweig And The Statute Of Frauds: An Inquiry Into The Rule Of Validation, Brainerd Currie
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