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Commercial Common Law, The United Nations Convention On The International Sale Of Goods, And The Inertia Of Habit, David Frisch
Commercial Common Law, The United Nations Convention On The International Sale Of Goods, And The Inertia Of Habit, David Frisch
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This Article develops a model of judicial behavior that rests on the idea that a judge's decision is a function of her attitudes and role orientations and these, in turn, are heavily influenced by her law school education. The result is an intellectual stubbornness that may lead judges to reject not only optional innovations that may present themselves, but may also cause them to construe mandatory provisions as if no change had occurred. This model and the Convention on the International Sale of Goods illustrate situations in which the emerging international commercial code may play an important role in the …
Is Revision Due For Article 2?, David Frisch
Is Revision Due For Article 2?, David Frisch
Law Faculty Publications
Although we ask whether Article 2 should be re-examined, it is not our only question. A second question posed is: What are the sources to which one should look in order to discover whether there is a strong enough need to justify a revision? In addition to mentioning sources, we offer a few examples illustrative of the fruits which these sources can produce. By doing so, we hope to spur additional interest because, if discussion of a new Article 2 is to begin, the sooner it begins the better. Revisions take time. Six years can pass from the time a …