ContractsProf Blog
Covers news, cases, legal education and limericks mainly relating to the realm of contracts.
Author: Franklin G. Snyder, a law professor at Texas Wesleyan University Law School is the primary editor of ContractsProf Blog, which is part of the Law Professors Blog Network. Also contributing to the blog: Miriam A. Cherry, an associate professor of the University of the Pacific's McGeorge School of Law; Meredith R. Miller, an assistant professor at Touro Law Center; Keith A. Rowley, a professor at University of Nevada-Las Vegas; and D. A. Jeremy Telman, an assistant professor at Valparaiso University Law School.
Blawg Related Categories: Contracts • Law Professors • Texas Wesleyan University • Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center • University of Minnesota • University of Nevada Las Vegas William S. Boyd School of Law • University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law • Valparaiso University • Law Professor
Recent Posts from ContractsProf Blog
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Tribute to Contracts Prof., Richard E. Speidel
The University of San Diego School of Law and the San Diego Law Review have announced the publication of a tribute issue for Professor Richard E. Speidel. The authors and their topics included in the…
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Weekly Top Ten
Following are the ten most-downloaded new papers from the SSRN Journal of Contract and Commercial Law for the 60 days ending November 4, 2009. Rank Downloads Paper Title 1 493 The Death of Big Law…
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Tribute to the Onion: 21 Stinking Years
We often start or conclude our posts with something like "We couldn't make this up if we tried," and believe me we couldn't. So, I think it's only fitting that we recognize an organization that…
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Michelle Triola Marvin, Mother of Palimony, Dead at 76
Michelle Triola Marvin, who lived with Lee Marvin for six years and then sued for her share of the income he had earned during the relationship, has died at the age of 76. Ms. Marvin…
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Contracts Icebreaker: Bowling
There is nothing like teaching students in the first semester of law school. They are excited to be there and eager to learn. They are not shy about sharing their knowledge and their opinions, and…
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The New Yorker, Blackmail & Contract
The October 19, 2009 issue of The New Yorker had an interesting little “Talk of the Town” item by Lizzie Widdicombe on the whole David Letterman blackmail issue. Northwestern Law School’s James Lindgren (unfortunately not…
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Cosmic Contracts: Forever and Throughout the Universe
Great article in today's WSJ titled "Lawyerese Goes Galactic as Contracts Try to Master the Universe." Read it. Here's a taste: Decked out in sequined black and gold dresses, Anne Harrison and the other women…
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Wow: Does the UCC List Kidnapping and Murder as Buyer’s Remedies?
This gets filed in “Whacky Stories” and/or “Chutzpah!” Apparently, buyer and N.Y. seller have a contract for the construction and sale of an ice cream truck for a price of $18,000. Buyer requests a refund;…
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Important Consumer Alert: Baby Einstein DVDs Might Not Make Kids Smarter
Disney, which makes the Baby Einstein series of children’s DVDs, has “set the record straight” with an announcement that it does not advertise the videos as “educational.” Consumer rights groups had accused the company of…
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Alan White on In-Class Exercises
The Fifth in a Series of Posts by Guest Blogger, Alan White: Two of my favorite in-class exercises, one on unconscionability and one on remedies, highlight one of the fundamental difficulties of thinking like a…