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Full-Text Articles in Contracts
An Ind. Run Around The U.C.C.: The Use (Or Abuse?) Of Indemnity, Paul J. Wilkinson
An Ind. Run Around The U.C.C.: The Use (Or Abuse?) Of Indemnity, Paul J. Wilkinson
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Analysis Of Warranty Claims Instituted By Non-Privity Plaintiffs In Jurisdictions That Have Adopted Uniform Commercial Code Section 2-318 (Alternative A), William L. Stallworth
An Analysis Of Warranty Claims Instituted By Non-Privity Plaintiffs In Jurisdictions That Have Adopted Uniform Commercial Code Section 2-318 (Alternative A), William L. Stallworth
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sale Of Goods Contract Not To Be Performed Within A Year: Is The Uniform Commercial Code Statute Of Frauds Provision Exclusive?, Sidney Kwestel
Sale Of Goods Contract Not To Be Performed Within A Year: Is The Uniform Commercial Code Statute Of Frauds Provision Exclusive?, Sidney Kwestel
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
The Limits Of Limiting Liability In The Battle Of The Forms: U.C.C. Section 2-207 And The "Material Alteration" Inquiry, Colin P. Marks
The Limits Of Limiting Liability In The Battle Of The Forms: U.C.C. Section 2-207 And The "Material Alteration" Inquiry, Colin P. Marks
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
Liberty Over Death: Seeking Due Process Dimensions For Freedom Of Contract, Michael Pillow
Liberty Over Death: Seeking Due Process Dimensions For Freedom Of Contract, Michael Pillow
Florida A & M University Law Review
No abstract provided.
Cross Purposes & Unintended Consequences: Karl Llewellyn, Article 2, And The Limits Of Social Transformation, Danielle Kie Hart
Cross Purposes & Unintended Consequences: Karl Llewellyn, Article 2, And The Limits Of Social Transformation, Danielle Kie Hart
Nevada Law Journal
Despite attempts to reform the law to eliminate hierarchies that subordinate groups of people, the law usually ends up re-instantiating those hierarchies. This “preservation through transformation” phenomenon occurs consistently, over time and across legal disciplines. Karl Llewellyn’s efforts at drafting Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code are no different. Llewellyn attempted a paradigm shift in contract formation when he sought to decouple contract law from its formalistic roots and bring it back in touch with reality. But in so doing, the law-in-action strand of Legal Realism ended up working at cross purposes with the other, critical strand of Realism. …
Turkey's Accession To The Cisg: The Significance For Turkey And For Sales Transactions With U.S. Contracting Parties, William P. Johnson
Turkey's Accession To The Cisg: The Significance For Turkey And For Sales Transactions With U.S. Contracting Parties, William P. Johnson
All Faculty Scholarship
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) entered into force for Turkey on August 1, 2011. This article considers the significance of Turkey’s accession to the CISG as part of Turkey’s continuing engagement with systems of international trade, especially as relates to sales transactions with U.S. contracting parties. This article urges the Turkish bar to recognize that the CISG is a viable alternative to various potentially applicable bodies of domestic sales law, and the article offers some guidance regarding proper understanding and application of the CISG. This article also offers comparative analysis of some …
Reliance On Oral Promises: Statute Of Frauds And Promissory Estoppel, David G. Epstein
Reliance On Oral Promises: Statute Of Frauds And Promissory Estoppel, David G. Epstein
Law Faculty Publications
Reliance on oral promises is the basis not only for law school hypotheticals but also for real world litigation. Consider the following hypothetical based on the 1970 Supreme Court of Hawaii decision in Mcintosh v. Murphy: Tex moved from Lubbock, Texas to Oklahoma to work for Murphy Motors Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, an Okmulgee car dealership. Tex signed a lease for an apartment in Okmulgee. After two months as assistant sales manager, Murphy Motors fired Tex. Tex sued Murphy Motors alleging breach of an alleged oral agreement that she would be employed for two years. It is understandable that a jury might not …
Warranties In The Box, James J. White
Warranties In The Box, James J. White
Articles
Thousands of times each day, a buyer opens a box that contains a new computer or other electronic device. There he finds written material including an express "Limited Warranty." Sometimes the box has come by FedEx directly from the manufacturer; other times the buyer has carried it home from a retail merchant. Despite the fact that it is standard practice for the manufacturer to include a limited written express warranty on the sale of such products,' and despite the fact that both the manufacturer and the buyer believe that warranty to be legally enforceable, the law on its enforceability is …
Carrying A Good Joke Too Far, Peter A. Alces, Jason M. Hopkins
Carrying A Good Joke Too Far, Peter A. Alces, Jason M. Hopkins
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides an annual survey of developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). The authors analyze significant judicial decisions from the preceding year, focusing on topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, remedies, and risk of loss. The survey highlights how courts have interpreted and applied UCC provisions, offering insights into emerging trends and potential areas of contention in sales law. By examining these developments, the article serves as a valuable resource for practitioners and scholars seeking to understand the evolving landscape of UCC Article 2 jurisprudence.
A Consent Theory Of Unconscionability: An Empirical Study Of Law In Action, Larry A. Dimatteo, Bruce L. Rich
A Consent Theory Of Unconscionability: An Empirical Study Of Law In Action, Larry A. Dimatteo, Bruce L. Rich
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article provides the findings of an empirical study of 187 court cases in which the issue of the unconscionability of a contract or a contract term was addressed by the courts. The cases were drawn from two time periods. The first set of cases can be viewed as the first generation of Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.)-style unconscionability cases from 1968-1980. The second generation of unconscionability cases were from the time period of 1991-2003. The two groups of cases allow us to not only analyze a series of questions and factors, but also to make intergenerational or longitudinal observations. The …
Judicial Incorporation Of Trade Usages: A Functional Solution To The Opportunism Problem, Juliet P. Kostritsky
Judicial Incorporation Of Trade Usages: A Functional Solution To The Opportunism Problem, Juliet P. Kostritsky
Faculty Publications
Article 2 of the UCC directed courts to look to business norms as a primary means of interpreting contracts. Recently the new formalists have attacked this strategy of norm incorporation as a misguided one that will lead inevitably to significant error costs. Accordingly, they have embraced plain meaning as the preferred interpretive strategy. This article argues that the strategy of rejecting trade usages unless they are part of the express contract is too rigid. The rejection is premised on an overly narrow cost/benefit analysis that fails to account for the functional role that such usages may play in curbing opportunistic …
The Often Imitated, But Not Yet Duplicated, Revised Uniform Commercial Code Article 1, Keith A. Rowley
The Often Imitated, But Not Yet Duplicated, Revised Uniform Commercial Code Article 1, Keith A. Rowley
Scholarly Works
Unlike Revised Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 (1999), which every state and the District of Columbia enacted within roughly two years of its promulgation, states have been slower to warm to Revised UCC Article 1 (2001). Nearly seven years after the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law promulgated it, thirty-three states have enacted their own versions of Revised UCC Article 1. None of the thirty-three has enacted the uniform version in its entirety. All thirty-three enacting states have rejected the uniform choice-of-law provision (§ 1-301) in favor of retaining language based on pre-Revised …
You Don’T Have To Be Ludwig Wittgenstein’: How Llewellyn’S Concept Of Agreement Should Change The Law Of Open-Quantity Contracts, Henry Allen Blair
You Don’T Have To Be Ludwig Wittgenstein’: How Llewellyn’S Concept Of Agreement Should Change The Law Of Open-Quantity Contracts, Henry Allen Blair
Faculty Scholarship
In this article, Professor Allen Blair examines the preeminent role of exclusivity in open-quantity contracts under the Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”). Although the text of the UCC does not mandate that open-quantity contracts be exclusive, the vast majority of courts considering the issue have held that exclusivity is necessary to prevent such contracts from failing for lack of mutuality of obligation. The Article traces the historic development of open-quantity agreements, focusing on pre-Code cases recognizing the commercial utility of such agreements but struggling with how to accommodate them under a classical model of contract formation. It was in this historic …
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides a comprehensive survey of significant developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) during the year 2005. The authors analyze key judicial decisions that interpret and apply various provisions of Article 2, covering topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, performance, remedies, and risk of loss. By examining these cases, the article offers insights into how courts are shaping the landscape of sales law, highlighting trends and emerging issues that practitioners and scholars should be aware of.
Estudio Comparativo De La Formacion De Contratos Electronicos En El Derecho Estadounidense Con Referencia Al Derecho International Y Al Derecho Mexicano, Roberto Rosas
Faculty Articles
The author presents the underlying fundamental contractual principles in American law, and in this respect, tire Uniform Commercial Code, with particular emphasis in how electronic transactions are regulating, and therefore in the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act. Concerning international law, the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and concerning Mexican law, with reference to the Commerce Code and the Federal Civil Code.
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides a comprehensive survey of significant developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) during the year 2004. The authors analyze key judicial decisions that interpret and apply various provisions of Article 2, covering topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, performance, remedies, and risk of loss. By examining these cases, the article offers insights into how courts are shaping the landscape of sales law, highlighting trends and emerging issues that practitioners and scholars should be aware of.
Party Autonomy In Choice Of Commercial Law: The Failure Of Revised U.C.C. § 1-301 And A Proposal For Broader Reform, Jack M. Graves
Party Autonomy In Choice Of Commercial Law: The Failure Of Revised U.C.C. § 1-301 And A Proposal For Broader Reform, Jack M. Graves
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Contracting Under Amended 2-207 (Freedom From Contract Symposium), James J. White
Contracting Under Amended 2-207 (Freedom From Contract Symposium), James J. White
Articles
Amended Section 2-207 of the Uniform Commercial Code1 (the Code) states new contract rules. I call these "contract rules" to avoid the labels of contract formation and contract interpretation. These new rules cure many of the problems presented by current Section 2-2072 and remind courts that the purpose of Section 2-207 is to interpret a contract that has been made, not to see if a contract exists. One is tempted to label current Section 2-207 as a contract formation provision-and to some extent that would be right-but most of this Section's work has been in contract interpretation, not in contract …
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides a comprehensive survey of significant developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) during the year 2003. The authors analyze key judicial decisions that interpret and apply various provisions of Article 2, covering topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, performance, remedies, and risk of loss. By examining these cases, the article offers insights into how courts are shaping the landscape of sales law, highlighting trends and emerging issues that practitioners and scholars should be aware of.
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides a comprehensive survey of significant developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) during the year 2002. The authors analyze key judicial decisions that interpret and apply various provisions of Article 2, covering topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, performance, remedies, and risk of loss. By examining these cases, the article offers insights into how courts are shaping the landscape of sales law, highlighting trends and emerging issues that practitioners and scholars should be aware of.
Comment: More In Defense Of U.C.C. Methodology, Robert A. Hillman
Comment: More In Defense Of U.C.C. Methodology, Robert A. Hillman
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Teaching Wesley Hohfeld's Theory Of Legal Relations, Curtis Nyquist
Teaching Wesley Hohfeld's Theory Of Legal Relations, Curtis Nyquist
Journal of Legal Education
No abstract provided.
Default Rules In Sales And The Myth Of Contracting Out, James J. White
Default Rules In Sales And The Myth Of Contracting Out, James J. White
Articles
In this article, I trace the dispute in the courts and before the ALI and NCCUSL over the proper contract formation and interpretation default rules. In Part II, I consider the Gateway litigation. In Part III, I deal with UCITA and the revision to Article 2. In Part IV, I consider the merits of the competing default rules.
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Sales, Carolyn L. Dessin, Keith A. Rowley, Robyn L. Meadows, Larry T. Garvin
Akron Law Faculty Publications
This article provides a comprehensive survey of significant developments in sales law under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) during the year 2001. The authors analyze key judicial decisions that interpret and apply various provisions of Article 2, covering topics such as contract formation, the statute of frauds, warranties, performance, remedies, and risk of loss. By examining these cases, the article offers insights into how courts are shaping the landscape of sales law, highlighting trends and emerging issues that practitioners and scholars should be aware of
Express Warranty As Contractual - The Need For A Clear Approach, Sidney Kwestel
Express Warranty As Contractual - The Need For A Clear Approach, Sidney Kwestel
Scholarly Works
No abstract provided.
Should The Law Ignore Commercial Norms? A Comment On The Bernstein Conjuncture And Its Relevance For Contract Law Theory And Reform, Jason Scott Johnston
Should The Law Ignore Commercial Norms? A Comment On The Bernstein Conjuncture And Its Relevance For Contract Law Theory And Reform, Jason Scott Johnston
Michigan Law Review
Professor Bernstein's study of the interaction between private law and norms in the cotton industry is the latest installment in her ongoing investigation into the relationship between law and norms in trades ranging from the diamond market to grain and feed markets. Her incredibly detailed and thorough exploration of private lawmaking and commercial norms - and their interaction - stands as one of the most significant contributions to contract and commercial law scholarship made in the last half-century. The cotton industry study upon which I focus in this Comment not only reports fascinating findings about dispute resolution practices, but also …
Private Commercial Law In The Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation Through Rules, Norms, And Institutions, Lisa Bernstein
Private Commercial Law In The Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation Through Rules, Norms, And Institutions, Lisa Bernstein
Michigan Law Review
The cotton industry has almost entirely opted out of the public legal system, replacing it with one of the oldest and most complex systems of private commercial law. Most contracts for the purchase andsale of domestic cotton, between merchants or between merchants andmills, are neither consummated under the Uniform Commercial Code("Code") nor interpreted and enforced in court when disputes arise. Rather, most such contracts are concluded under one of several privately drafted sets of contract default rules and are subject to arbitration in one of several merchant tribunals. Similarly, most international sales of cotton are governed neither by state-supplied legal …
Reinventing The Deal: A Sequential Approach To Analyzing Claims For Enforcement Of Modified Sales Contracts, Irma S. Russell
Reinventing The Deal: A Sequential Approach To Analyzing Claims For Enforcement Of Modified Sales Contracts, Irma S. Russell
Faculty Works
This article explores the legal and economic complexities surrounding the enforcement of modified sales contracts under Section 2-209 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). While contract modification allows parties to adapt agreements to changing circumstances, courts have struggled with the absence of a consistent standard for determining when such modifications should be enforced. The discussion critiques the ambiguity of the UCC’s “good faith” requirement and the unpredictability it creates in judicial decision-making. To address these issues, the article proposes a “sequential approach” that examines each stage of the modification process, requiring the initiating party to demonstrate reasonable grounds for seeking …