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Corporations And Corporate Agents: Liability On Commercial Paper Contracts And Attainment Of Holder Status, Harold R. Weinberg Nov 1984

Corporations And Corporate Agents: Liability On Commercial Paper Contracts And Attainment Of Holder Status, Harold R. Weinberg

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This article focuses on two classes of commercial paper issues. Section I considers the Uniform Commercial Code rules relevant to determining whether a corporation or its agents are bound by contracts made upon a negotiable instrument. Application of these rules continues to be an important and recurrent source of legal disputes. Section II considers the rights of corporations or their agents to obtain holder status prerequisite to enforcing commercial paper contracts. Problems relating to the attainment of this status can result from corporate engagement in joint-enterprise with artificial or natural persons and from the linkage of corporations through common ownership …


Burger King Corp. V. Rudzewicz, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1984

Burger King Corp. V. Rudzewicz, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Landreth Timber Co. V. Landreth, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1984

Landreth Timber Co. V. Landreth, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


The Evolution Of Law: The Roman System Of Contracts, Alan Watson Apr 1984

The Evolution Of Law: The Roman System Of Contracts, Alan Watson

Scholarly Works

I have two aims in producing this paper. First, I wish to contribute to the general understanding of how and why law develops and explain the evolution of some very familiar legal institutions. Second, I wish to add to our knowledge of the history of Roman law, by producing a radically different view of the development of contracts, that is, I believe, both consistent with surviving textual data and plausible with regard to human behavior.


Evidentiary Problems In--And Solutions For--The Uniform Commercial Code, Ronald J. Allen, Robert A. Hillman Feb 1984

Evidentiary Problems In--And Solutions For--The Uniform Commercial Code, Ronald J. Allen, Robert A. Hillman

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The Uniform Commercial Code does not offer a systematic approach to the rules governing the evidentiary relationships of parties to commercial litigation. In this article, Professors Allen and Hillman present a general analytical approach to proof rules, highlight the shortcomings of the Code's evidentiary provisions, and discuss the inevitable confusion in the case law construing the Code. They propose an amendment to the Code designed to clarify and improve the Code approach.


The Interpretation Of Contracts Governing Corporate Debt Relationships, William W. Bratton Jan 1984

The Interpretation Of Contracts Governing Corporate Debt Relationships, William W. Bratton

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

No abstract provided.


The Economics And Jurisprudence Of Convertible Bonds, William W. Bratton Jan 1984

The Economics And Jurisprudence Of Convertible Bonds, William W. Bratton

Faculty Scholarship at Penn Carey Law

Professor Bratton examines judicial regulation of issuer-bondholder conflicts of interest within three different, but closely related doctrinal frameworks: neoclassical contract interpretation; contract avoidance; and corporate law fiduciary restraint. After discussing the elements of convertible bond valuation and their interaction with issuer actions giving rise to conflicts of interest, he evaluates the case for judicial intervention to protect bondholder interests. He concludes that ·bondholder protective intervention is fair and tolerably efficient, provided it is kept within the bounds of contract interpretation. But he finds that more aggressive judicial intervention under the frameworks of contract avoidance and fiduciary restraint carries an unnecessary …


Book Review. From Swift To Erie: An Historical Perspective, Gene R. Shreve Jan 1984

Book Review. From Swift To Erie: An Historical Perspective, Gene R. Shreve

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.


The Equal Credit Opportunity Act's Spousal Co-Signature Rules: Suretyship Contracts In Separate Property States, Winnie F. Taylor Jan 1984

The Equal Credit Opportunity Act's Spousal Co-Signature Rules: Suretyship Contracts In Separate Property States, Winnie F. Taylor

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Contracts (1983 Annual Survey Of Michigan Law), Janete Findlater, Paula L. Ettelbrick Jan 1984

Contracts (1983 Annual Survey Of Michigan Law), Janete Findlater, Paula L. Ettelbrick

Law Faculty Research Publications

During the Survey period, the Michigan Supreme Court decided cases involving mutual mistake, the enforceability of a contractual limitation period, and termination of a licensing agreement. The court of appeals considered implied in fact contract theories, interpretation, the parol evidence rule, and claims for exemplary and mental distress damages for breach of contract. In addition, the court of appeals revisited rejection and acceptance under the Uniform Commercial Code, and decided several cases involving medical malpractice arbitration agreements.


Arbitration Of International Contract Disputes, William W. Park Jan 1984

Arbitration Of International Contract Disputes, William W. Park

Faculty Scholarship

International commercial arbitration has been the victim of its own success. Arbitration is often the only dispute resolution process acceptable in business contexts where parties from different countries have rejected recourse to each other's legal system at the outset of the contractual relationship. For example, when a Swedish shipyard contracts to build tankers for an agency of the Libyan government, the Swedes are unlikely to relish the prospect of appearing before Libyan courts, and the Libyans may view submission to the courts of Sweden (or of another industrialized Western nation) as an affront to Libyan national sovereignty. Neither the Swedish …


Has The Contract Clause Counter-Revolution Halted? Rhetoric, Rights, And Markets In Constitutional Analysis, Jonathan Baker Jan 1984

Has The Contract Clause Counter-Revolution Halted? Rhetoric, Rights, And Markets In Constitutional Analysis, Jonathan Baker

Articles in Law Reviews & Other Academic Journals

No abstract provided.


Use And Non-Use Of Contract Law In Japan, Whitmore Gray Jan 1984

Use And Non-Use Of Contract Law In Japan, Whitmore Gray

Articles

This article first defines the scope of enquiry, then surveys some of the existing literature, and finally, presents the results of my preliminary survey interviews and questionnaire. It is my hope that it will serve as a basis form discussion leading to better definition of the problems for research in this area, and will suggest ways to proceed to gather the information necessary for more sophisticated exposition and commentary.


Perfecting The Third Party Beneficiary Standing Rule Under Section 302 Of The Restatement (Second) Of Contracts, H.G. Prince Jan 1984

Perfecting The Third Party Beneficiary Standing Rule Under Section 302 Of The Restatement (Second) Of Contracts, H.G. Prince

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.