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Uniform Commercial Code

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Too Clever By Half: Reflections On Perception, Legitimacy, And Choice Of Law Under Revised Article 1 Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Mark Edwin Burge Apr 2015

Too Clever By Half: Reflections On Perception, Legitimacy, And Choice Of Law Under Revised Article 1 Of The Uniform Commercial Code, Mark Edwin Burge

William & Mary Business Law Review

The overwhelmingly successful 2001 rewrite of Article 1 of the Uniform Commercial Code was accompanied by an overwhelming failure: proposed section 1-301 on contractual choice of law. As originally sent to the states, section 1-301 would have allowed non-consumer parties to a contract to select a governing law that bore no relation to their transaction. Proponents justifiably contended that such autonomy was consistent with emerging international norms and with the nature of contracts creating voluntary private obligations. Despite such arguments, the original version of section 1-301 was resoundingly rejected, gaining zero adoptions by the states before its withdrawal in 2008. …


Restricting Disclaimer Of The Warranty Of Merchantability In Consumer Sales: Proposed Alternatives To The Ucc, William M. Musser Iii May 1971

Restricting Disclaimer Of The Warranty Of Merchantability In Consumer Sales: Proposed Alternatives To The Ucc, William M. Musser Iii

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


The "Firm Offer" Problem In Construction Bids And The Need For Promissory Estoppel, John B. Gaides Oct 1968

The "Firm Offer" Problem In Construction Bids And The Need For Promissory Estoppel, John B. Gaides

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No abstract provided.


Commercial Decency And The Code - The Doctrine Of Unconscionability Vindicated, Paul M. Morley May 1968

Commercial Decency And The Code - The Doctrine Of Unconscionability Vindicated, Paul M. Morley

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No abstract provided.


Contracts - Impossibility - Inaccessibility Of Usual And Customary Route - Transatlantic Financing Corp. V. United States, 363 F.2d 312 (D.C. Cir. 1966), Paul E. Holtzmuller Jun 1967

Contracts - Impossibility - Inaccessibility Of Usual And Customary Route - Transatlantic Financing Corp. V. United States, 363 F.2d 312 (D.C. Cir. 1966), Paul E. Holtzmuller

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.