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Private Contracting And Business Models Of Electronic Commerce, Ichiro Kobayashi Jul 2005

Private Contracting And Business Models Of Electronic Commerce, Ichiro Kobayashi

University of Miami Business Law Review

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Applying 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 To Claims Of Consumer Discrimination, Abby Morrow Richardson Jun 2005

Applying 42 U.S.C. Section 1981 To Claims Of Consumer Discrimination, Abby Morrow Richardson

ExpressO

This Comment explores several interesting legal questions regarding the proper interpretation 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, which prohibits racial discrimination in contracting, when discrimination arises in the context of a consumer retail contract. It explores how the Fifth Circuit’s and other federal courts’ narrow interpretation of section 1981’s application in a retail setting, which allows plaintiffs to invoke the statute only when they have been prevented from completing their purchase, is contrary to the statute’s express language, Congressional intent, and to evolving concepts of contract theory, all of which encompass our society’s deep commitment to combating racial discrimination through strict enforcement …


Symposium- Incomplete Contracts: Judicial Responses, Transaction Planning, And Litigation Strategies - Introduction, Juliet P. Kostritsky Jan 2005

Symposium- Incomplete Contracts: Judicial Responses, Transaction Planning, And Litigation Strategies - Introduction, Juliet P. Kostritsky

Case Western Reserve Law Review

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Rediscovering Williston, Mark L. Movsesian Jan 2005

Rediscovering Williston, Mark L. Movsesian

Washington and Lee Law Review

This Article is an intellectual history of classical contracts scholar Samuel Williston. Professor Movsesian argues that the conventional account of Williston's jurisprudence presents an incomplete and distorted picture. While much of Williston 's work can strike a contemporary reader as arid and conceptual, there are strong elements of pragmatism as well. Williston insists that doctrine be justified in terms of real-world consequences, maintains that rules can have only presumptive force, and offers institutional explanations for judicial restraint. As a result, his scholarship shares more in common with today's new formalism than commonly supposed. Even the undertheorized quality of Williston 's …


Inequality Of Bargaining Power, Daniel D. Barnhizer Jan 2005

Inequality Of Bargaining Power, Daniel D. Barnhizer

University of Colorado Law Review

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Contractual Incompleteness: A Transactional Perspective, Avery W. Katz Jan 2005

Contractual Incompleteness: A Transactional Perspective, Avery W. Katz

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Incomplete Contracts And The Theory Of Contract Design, Robert E. Scott, George G. Triantis Jan 2005

Incomplete Contracts And The Theory Of Contract Design, Robert E. Scott, George G. Triantis

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Realistic Proposal For The Contract Duress Doctrine, Grace M. Giesel Jan 2005

A Realistic Proposal For The Contract Duress Doctrine, Grace M. Giesel

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.