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Contracts

1990

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Legal Opinions In Financial Transactions: Their Purpose And Interpretation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer Dec 1989

Legal Opinions In Financial Transactions: Their Purpose And Interpretation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon, Donald W. Glazer

Scott T. FitzGibbon

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Contracts For Deed In Oklahoma: Obsolete But Not Forgotten, Drew L. Kershen Dec 1989

Contracts For Deed In Oklahoma: Obsolete But Not Forgotten, Drew L. Kershen

Drew L. Kershen

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The Option Contract: Irrevocable Not Irrejectable, Michael J. Cozzillio Dec 1989

The Option Contract: Irrevocable Not Irrejectable, Michael J. Cozzillio

Michael J. Cozzillio

This Article briefly examines the traditional contract principles governing offer and acceptance, particularly the various means to terminate an offer. It also explores the special circumstances governing option contracts and similar mechanisms utilized to transform a revocable offer into an irrevocable one. Further, this Article reviews Restatement (Second) Section 37 and case law that addresses the question of whether a rejection should terminate an irrevocable offer. It explains why the view articulated by section 37 and its decisional predicates are untenable. Finally, this Article presents an alternative to section 37 that reflects logical compliance with established contract formation principles, while …

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Problematic Relations: Franchising And The Law Of Incomplete Contracts, Gillian K. Hadfield Dec 1989

Problematic Relations: Franchising And The Law Of Incomplete Contracts, Gillian K. Hadfield

Gillian K Hadfield

This paper explores an alternative approach to the analysis of franchise contracts which takes seriously their unavoidable incompleteness. The point of departure is the fundamental insight of relational contracting theory, namely that when a contract is embedded within an identifiable relationship, such as the franchise relationship, contractual obligations are often modified, supplemented or completely supplanted by the norms of the ongoing relation. Thus far, the explication of this insight has been along largely theoretical lines. My objective in this article is to further develop the theoretical analysis of the importance of relational elements in order to fashion operational guidelines for …

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