‘Symposium Issue on Contract Law in 2025’

steve on 15 January 2024 — Leave a Comment

“The Duquesne Law Review recently published a symposium issue on ‘Contract Law in 2025’ – I’ve pasted links to the contributions below:

DRAFTING OUR FUTURE: CONTRACT LAW IN 2025 – SYMPOSIUM ARTICLES

The Judicial Vision of Contract: The Constructed Circle of Assent and Unconscionability
John E Murray, Jr

The Future of Fault in Contract Law
Robert A Hillman

Two Alternate Visions of Contract Law in 2025
Nancy S Kim

The Future of Many Contracts
Victor P Goldberg

A Eulogy for the EULA
Miriam A Cherry

The Death of Contracts
Franklin G Snyder and Ann M Mirabito”

[Nancy Kim, ContractsProf Blog, 1 July]

First posted 2014-07-01 13:01:05

Posted in Contract

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