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Statutes And The Common Law Of Contracts: A Shared Methodology, Juliet P. Kostritsky
Statutes And The Common Law Of Contracts: A Shared Methodology, Juliet P. Kostritsky
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This chapter explores the intersection between, or the impact of, statutes on contract law, and compares the relative importance of, and intersections between, statutory and common law in contract.
Common Law Environmental Protection: Introduction, Jonathan H. Adler, Andrew P. Morriss
Common Law Environmental Protection: Introduction, Jonathan H. Adler, Andrew P. Morriss
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Today there is widespread dissatisfaction with many aspects of federal environmental law. The apparent success of early environmental regulations notwithstanding, many analysts and academics have begun to reexamine the potential of common law causes of action to supplement, if not supplant, portions of the existing regulatory regime. Yet whatever the failings of the environmental regulatory state, the common law has failings of its own, including the failure to protect many ecological resources in the period before the enactment of federal environmental law. This essay is the introduction to a paper-only symposium on Common Law Environmental Protection, forthcoming in the Case …