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 ContractsprofBloghttp://feedburner.google.com Boilerplate Symposium VIII: Daniel Schwarcz on a Tort-Based Approach to Standard Form Contracts tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0192aa27b448970d 2013-05-21T07:08:00-07:00 2013-05-21T14:08:00Z 2013-05-21T14:08:00Z This is the eighth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Daniel Schwarcz is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota School of Law. One... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium VII: Oren Bar-Gill on Consent Without Reading tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0191025ab2b3970c 2013-05-21T03:40:00-07:00 2013-05-21T10:40:00Z 2013-05-21T10:40:00Z This is the seventh in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Oren Bar-Gill is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Law, Economics and Organization,... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium VI: Brian Bix on Democratic Degradation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c5c575f970b 2013-05-20T05:22:00-07:00 2013-05-20T14:45:19Z 2013-05-20T12:22:00Z This is the sixth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Brian Bix is the Frederick W. Thomas Professor for the Interdisciplinary Study of Law and Language at... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium, Week 2 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c473580970b 2013-05-20T03:23:00-07:00 2013-05-20T12:22:19Z 2013-05-20T10:23:00Z For those who missed it, last week we posted five responses to Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. We heard from: Peter Alces on consent; Theresa Amato on proposed solutions to the problems... Kprofs2013 About this Blog Books Commentary Recent Scholarship New in Print tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bee015b970b 2013-05-16T05:45:48-07:00 2013-05-16T12:57:28Z 2013-05-16T12:45:48Z Sean M. Collins and R. Mark Isaac, Holdout: Existence, Information, and Contingent Contracting. 55 J.L. & Econ. 793 (2012) Christine Spinella Davis,et al., Recent Developments in Business Litigation, 48 Tort Trial & Ins. Prac. L.J. 115 (2012) Robert W. Emerson... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium V: Ethan Leib on the Fetishization of Consent tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c2f3113970b 2013-05-15T07:08:00-07:00 2013-05-17T14:33:14Z 2013-05-15T14:08:00Z This is the fifth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Ethan Leib s Professor of Law at Fordham Law School and is the author of What is... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium IV: David Horton on Mass Arbitration and Democratic Degradation tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c2f3efa970b 2013-05-15T03:21:00-07:00 2013-05-17T14:33:42Z 2013-05-15T10:21:00Z This is the fourth in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. David Horton is Acting Professor of Law at the UC Davis School of Law. One of Boilerplate’s... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Network tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c2aef3e970b 2013-05-14T11:55:00-07:00 2013-05-14T18:55:00Z 2013-05-14T18:55:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of LSN: Contracts (Topic) March 9, 2013 to May 8, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 204 Offer and Acceptance in Modern Contract Law: A Needless... Kprofs2013 Boilerplate Symposium III: Andrew Gold, Is Boilerplate Contractual? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb276567970d 2013-05-14T08:30:00-07:00 2013-05-17T14:34:16Z 2013-05-14T15:30:00Z This is the third in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Andrew Gold is a Professor of Law at the DePaul University College of Law. Margaret Jane Radin’s... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium II: Theresa Amato on Remedies to the Problems Posed by Boilerplate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c29195c970b 2013-05-14T04:49:03-07:00 2013-05-17T14:34:46Z 2013-05-14T11:49:03Z This is the second in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Theresa Amato, a public interest lawyer, is the executive director of Citizen Works, and the director of... Kprofs2013 Books Commentary Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium I: Peter Alces on Consent tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeb2088bf970d 2013-05-13T13:56:34-07:00 2013-05-17T14:32:35Z 2013-05-13T20:56:34Z This is the first in a series of posts reviewing Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Peter A. Alces, Rollins Professor of Law and Cabell Research Professor of Law, The College of William... Kprofs2013 Books Contract Profs Recent Scholarship Boilerplate Symposium: The First Five tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901c126aa6970b 2013-05-13T04:08:00-07:00 2013-05-13T20:57:03Z 2013-05-13T11:08:00Z We begin our online symposium on Margaret Radin's book, Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law with five posts this week. This post will serve to introduce our guest bloggers. Peter A. Alces is the Rollins... Kprofs2013 About this Blog Books Commentary Contract Profs Recent Scholarship Plain Meaning Leads to Mood Indigo for Ellington Heir tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101f6d007970c 2013-05-09T14:04:36-07:00 2013-05-09T21:11:54Z 2013-05-09T21:04:36Z Duke Ellington’s grandson brought a breach of contract action against a group of music publishers; he sought to recover royalties allegedly due under a 1961 contract. Under that contract, Ellington and his heirs are described as the “First Party” and... Kprofs2013 Celebrity Contracts In the News Music Recent Cases True Contracts Foretaste of Our Online Symposium on Margaret Radin's Boilerplate tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bfed888970b 2013-05-09T10:55:25-07:00 2013-05-10T10:56:39Z 2013-05-09T17:55:25Z Next week, we will begin an online sympsoium on Margaret Radin's Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights and the Rule of Law. Here is a description of the book provided by the publisher's websit Boilerplate--the fine-print terms and conditions that... Kprofs2013 About this Blog Books Recent Scholarship Harper Lee Sues to Recover Her Rights to To Kill a Mockingbird tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901bfc895f970b 2013-05-09T06:16:53-07:00 2013-05-09T13:16:53Z 2013-05-09T13:16:53Z For many lawyers, To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) is at the top of their list of "favorite books/movies about a lawyer." TKAM is about more than lawyering, of course. It's about racism, family, class and much more. This week, TKAM... Kprofs2013 Books Current Affairs Film In the News Recent Cases Teaching True Contracts Weekly Top Tens from the Social Science Research Council tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01901be772e6970b 2013-05-07T10:12:00-07:00 2013-05-07T17:12:00Z 2013-05-07T17:12:00Z RECENT HITS (for all papers announced in the last 60 days) TOP 10 Papers for Journal of Contracts & Commercial Law eJournal March 8, 2013 to May 7, 2013 RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 282 The Fiduciary Obligations of Financial Advisors Under... Kprofs2013 Recent Scholarship CALL FOR PAPERS: CLASSCRITS VI: Stuck in Forward? Debt, Austerity & the Possibility of the Political tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101dd52a5970c 2013-05-07T06:51:27-07:00 2013-05-07T14:12:40Z 2013-05-07T13:51:27Z CALL FOR PAPERS & PARTICIPATION ClassCrits VI Stuck in Forward? Debt, Austerity and the Possibilities of the Political Sponsored by Southwestern Law School & U.C. Davis School of Law Los Angeles, CA * November 15-16, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Professor Akhil... Kprofs2013 Conferences Lil Wayne Loses Endorsement Over Emmett Till Lyrics, But Don't Worry, Celebrating Violence Against Women Is Still Fine tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeae4b134970d 2013-05-07T06:16:10-07:00 2013-05-07T13:25:09Z 2013-05-07T13:16:10Z As reported here in Rolling Stone, Mountain Dew has terminated its endorsement deal with Lil Wayne because of offensive lyrics in an unauthorized leak of a remix of Future's "Karate Chop." The offensive lyrics can be found here, except that... Kprofs2013 Celebrity Contracts Commentary In the News Yogurt Deal Goes Sour tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017eeadcb00d970d 2013-05-06T06:33:05-07:00 2013-05-06T13:33:05Z 2013-05-06T13:33:05Z Interesting story here on the Wall Street Journal's Market Watch blog. Interesting because it seems like the case will be very difficult for plaintiff to prove and its damages will be a challenge to calculate with requisite specificity. The facts,... Kprofs2013 In the News Recent Cases Teaching Sales: A Quandary tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef019101c39101970c 2013-05-03T09:33:30-07:00 2013-05-03T16:33:30Z 2013-05-03T16:33:30Z So, here's an interesting problem I'm facing. I taught sales for the first time this semester. I would say I devoted about 2/3 of class time to going over problems. In order to maximize active learning, I had the students... Kprofs2013 Teaching