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Book Review Of James K. White & Robert S. Summers, Handbook Of The Law Under The Uniform Commercial Code (1972), Harold R. Weinberg
Book Review Of James K. White & Robert S. Summers, Handbook Of The Law Under The Uniform Commercial Code (1972), Harold R. Weinberg
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This is a book review of James K. White & Robert S. Summers, Handbook of the Law Under the Uniform Commercial Code (1972).
Was Prosser's Folly Also Traynor's? Or Should The Judge's Monument Be Moved To A Firmer Site?, Reed Dickerson
Was Prosser's Folly Also Traynor's? Or Should The Judge's Monument Be Moved To A Firmer Site?, Reed Dickerson
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Impossibility, Impracticability, And Supervening Illegality, James J. White
Impossibility, Impracticability, And Supervening Illegality, James J. White
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The Doctrine of Impossibility, or as the Uniform Commercial Code knows it, Excuse by Failure of Presupposed Conditions, remains one of the unclimbed peaks of contract doctrine. All of the famous early and mid-twentieth century mountaineers, Corbin, Williston, Farnsworth and many lesser men have made attempts on this doctrine, but none have succeeded in climbing it to the very top. The doctrine inheres in Section 2-615 of the UCC, in Sections 454 - 469 of the Restatement of Contracts and in a series of Anglo-American cases stretching back for many years. In spite of attempts by all of the contract …