Contract Law And The Liberalism Of Fear,
2019
William & Mary Law School
Contract Law And The Liberalism Of Fear, Nathan B. Oman
Faculty Publications
Liberalism’s concern with human freedom seems related to contractual freedom and thus contract law. There are, however, many strands of liberal thought and which of them best justifies contract is a difficult question. In The Choice Theory of Contracts, Hanoch Dagan and Michael Heller offer a vision of contract based on autonomy. Drawing on the work of Joseph Raz, they argue that extending autonomy should be the law’s primary concern, which requires that we extend the range of contractual choices available. While there is much to admire in their work, I argue that autonomy as conceived by Dagan and Heller …
Strangers In The Law: Lawyers' Law And The Other Legal Dimensions,
2019
University of Trieste, Italy
Strangers In The Law: Lawyers' Law And The Other Legal Dimensions, Mauro Bussani
Cardozo Law Review
Political and legal theories have long been takingfor granted the idea that law is the province of government and government recognized authorities, including the judiciary. They have concentrated on the processes and principles, by which the form and substance of State law are determined, implemented, and enforced. This law is what I will call official or State law. By contrast, many non-official sites of legal production have always existed and still exist (outside and) inside the West. These sites produce rules that may flourish indifferent to or in opposition to official law and take the settlement of disputes arising out …
Equal Protection Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department,
2019
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Equal Protection Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Due Process Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department,
2019
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Due Process Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Department
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Due Process Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department,
2019
Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
Due Process Supreme Court Appellate Division Second Department
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Sharpening South Carolina's Blue Pencil: An Argument For Codifying A Strict Interpretation Of The Blue-Pencil Doctrine,
2019
University of South Carolina
Sharpening South Carolina's Blue Pencil: An Argument For Codifying A Strict Interpretation Of The Blue-Pencil Doctrine, Miranda B. Nelson
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Split Derivatives: Inside The World's Most Misunderstood Contract,
2019
Cornell Law School
Split Derivatives: Inside The World's Most Misunderstood Contract, Dan Awrey
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Derivatives are the "bad boys" of modern finance: exciting, dangerous, and fundamentally misunderstood. These misunderstandings stem from the failure of scholars and policymakers to fully appreciate the unique legal and economic structure of derivative contracts, along with the important differences between these contracts and conventional equity and debt securities. This Article seeks to correct these misunderstandings by splitting derivative contracts open, identifying their constituent elements, and observing how these elements interact with one another. These elements include some of the world's most sophisticated state-contingent contracting, the allocation of property and decision-making rights, and relational mechanisms such as reputation and the …
Malaysia Historical Salvors Revisited:,
2019
Loyola Marymount University and Loyola Law School
Malaysia Historical Salvors Revisited:, John P. Given
Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review
No abstract provided.
A Commercial Law For Software Contracting,
2019
Suffolk University Law School
A Commercial Law For Software Contracting, Michael L. Rustad, Elif Kavusturan
Washington and Lee Law Review
Since the 1980s, software is at the core of most modern organizations, most products and most services. Part II of this Article examines how the U.C.C. evolved as the primary source of law for the first generation of computer contracts during the mainframe computer era. Part III examines how courts have overextended U.C.C. Article 2, as the main source of law for software licensing, to the limits. Part IV argues that the ALI and the NCCUSL should propose a new Article 2B for software licensing. Part V recommends a new Article 2C for “software as a service.”
Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery,
2019
St. Mary's University School of Law
Mitigating Risk, Eradicating Slavery, Ramona Lampley
Faculty Articles
For U.S. companies with forced labor or child labor in the supply chain, litigation is on the rise. This Article surveys the current litigation landscape involving forced labor in the supply chain. It ultimately concludes that domestic corporations that source from international suppliers should adopt the Model Contract Clauses drafted by the ABA Business Law Section Working Group to Draft Human Rights Protections in International Supply Contracts ("Working Group"). This Article traces the origins of cases involving supply chain forced labor, beginning with the early employee negligence cases that form the backdrop of existing case law and the cornerstone of …
Recovering Misdirected Trust Assets In The Face Of Torrens Indefeasibility,
2019
Singapore Management University
Recovering Misdirected Trust Assets In The Face Of Torrens Indefeasibility, Alvin W. L. See
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Where misdirected trust asset consists of, or becomes invested in,registered land, whether the beneficiary could recover it from the recipient isdoubtful given that the Torrens system, through the principle ofindefeasibility, effects a substantial reversal of the priority rules under thegeneral law. The key to unravelling the seemingly contradictory cases on thistopic is to be sensitive to the diversity in drafting and interpretation of thedifferent Torrens legislations, with particular focus on whether the principleof indefeasibility also protects registered volunteers. Through a comparative studyof the Torrens jurisdictions in Australia and Singapore, this article highlightshow the position differs from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and …
A Reformulated Test For Unconscionability,
2019
Singapore Management University
A Reformulated Test For Unconscionability, Vincent Ooi, Walter Yong
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Apart from its interesting facts, this case, BOM v BOK [2018] SGCA 83, is significant for its rejection of a “broad” doctrine of unconscionability, the existence of which has been a matter of some debate in English law, and which has been accepted in Australia (see Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 C.L.R. 447; (1983) 46 A.L.R. 402). It also proposes a new test for the doctrine of unconscionability that is narrower than Amadio, based on the requirements inCresswell v Potter [1978] 1 W.L.R. 255. The test for unconscionability in English law has been a matter of …
Liquidated Damages: An Analysis Of Their Use And Effectiveness,
2019
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Liquidated Damages: An Analysis Of Their Use And Effectiveness, Alfredo N. Aragon
Construction Management
A construction company’s success and/or failure is dependent upon project completion with respect to time and budget. Failure to meet the contract completion date results in a loss of profit for owners and contractors alike. In order to help mitigate project delays, liquidated damage clauses have been included into construction contracts. Incorporating provisions within the construction contracts in the form of liquidated damages aims to help shift the financial burden when there is a failure to meet contractual obligations, hopefully offering quick compensation for delays. Unlike general or actual damages, liquidated damages are pre-defined and agreed upon prior to entering …
Impact Transaction - Using Collective Impact Relational Contracts To Redefine Social Change In The Urban Core,
2019
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
Impact Transaction - Using Collective Impact Relational Contracts To Redefine Social Change In The Urban Core, Patience A. Crowder
Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice
Called a “protest anthem” for urban America, Inner City Blues, the final single from R&B artist Marvin Gaye’s award-wining album What’s Going On, documents American urban life by detailing the systemic barriers to economic independence and social equality that plagued urban residents and the impact of these barriers on their daily lives. The song (and album) were released in 1971 as Gaye’s journalistic exploration of the poverty-induced challenges and frustrations of urban life. Almost fifty years later, unfortunately, not much has changed. This is because the operation of law in urban communities historically not been designed to work for …
Preface,
2019
Columbia Law School
The Use Of Soft Law In The Creation Of Legal Norms In International Commercial Law: How Successful Has It Been?,
2019
Elon University
The Use Of Soft Law In The Creation Of Legal Norms In International Commercial Law: How Successful Has It Been?, Henry Deeb Gabriel
Michigan Journal of International Law
In this Article, I examine several interrelated points. After defining soft law in Part II, I briefly set out some of the assumed advantages soft law instruments may have over legislation and regulations in Part III. In Part IV, I examine why some soft law instruments in international commercial law have been successful in creating international legal norms. In this Part, I specifically examine the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts to show how one might gauge success by looking beyond the express purpose of the instrument. I also compare the UNIDROIT Principles of Commercial Contracts with the American Law …
The Visual Artists Rights Act's "Recognized Stature" Provision: A Case For Repeal,
2019
Stephen F. Austin State University
The Visual Artists Rights Act's "Recognized Stature" Provision: A Case For Repeal, Drew Thornley
Cleveland State Law Review
Using as a case study the recent “5Pointz” litigation, a case involving visual artists’ moral-rights claims to graffiti they drew on a piece of private property in Queens, New York, this article examines the threat that Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA)’s grant to visual artists of the right “to prevent any destruction of a work of recognized stature” poses to common-law property and contract rights. This article advances the argument that the default legal rule should be that the rights of property owners (real or personal), including the right to destroy such properties, trump any moral rights that visual artists …
Offshore Drilling: Combating Regulatory Uncertainty With Contract Law Protection,
2019
Brooklyn Law School
Offshore Drilling: Combating Regulatory Uncertainty With Contract Law Protection, Jordan M. Steele
Brooklyn Journal of Corporate, Financial & Commercial Law
Offshore drilling accounts for billions of dollars in tax revenue every year. It is a pillar of the energy industry and is crucial to the economy. A recent flurry of deregulation, accelerating with the arrival of the Trump administration, highlights the tremendous impact politics has upon the profitability of this sector. The Secretary of the Interior, under the direction of the President, wields the power to regulate and make determinations into where, when, and how private companies can drill offshore. These private companies have contracts with the government for the opportunity to produce and develop oil or gas on the …
Planned Obsolescence And Consumer Protection: The Unregulated Extended Warranty And Service Contract Industry,
2019
University of Florida
Planned Obsolescence And Consumer Protection: The Unregulated Extended Warranty And Service Contract Industry, Larry A. Dimatteo, Stefan Wrbka
Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy
This Article analyzes the billion-dollar market, mostly unregulated, for Extended Warranties and Service Contracts (EWSCs). EWSCs are ubiquitous in the modern marketplace, offered at every automobile dealership, electronics and appliance store either by a salesperson or the cashier. Incredibly, there is little legal scholarship in this important area where manufacturer-sellers often overreach by preying on consumer vulnerabilities. It will be argued that most sales of EWSCs result in price gouging due to informational asymmetry and behavioral manipulation. This Article looks at two core concepts that are inexorably interconnected- one in the legal world and the other in the world of …
Online Terms As In Terrorem Devices,
2019
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Online Terms As In Terrorem Devices, Colin P. Marks
Maryland Law Review
Online shopping has quickly replaced the brick-and-mortar experience for a large portion of the consuming public. The online transaction itself is rote: browse items, add them to your cart, and check out. Somewhere along the way, the consumer is likely made aware of (or at least exposed to) the merchant’s terms and conditions, via either a link or a pop-up box. Such terms and conditions have become so ubiquitous that most consumers would be hard-pressed to find a merchant that doesn’t try to impose them somewhere on their website. Though such terms and conditions are pervasive, most consumers do not …
