Private Law Theory

Everyone – regardless of previous participation – is encouraged to submit their abstracts for consideration. However, please note that it is CLSC policy to prioritize authors whose work was not presented the preceding year. We welcome doctrinal, theoretical, and empirical approaches. Potential topics include the full breadth of issues involving consumers in the marketplace: common law contracts and products liability; UDA(A)P and disclosure laws; food, drug, and health law and policy; consumer lending, credit reporting, and fintech; loan servicing and debt collection; cryptocurrency; commercial speech and the First Amendment; federalism, preemption, and sovereign immunity as related to consumer transactions; regulation, supervision, and enforcement by public agencies; private enforcement; advertising; application of consumer laws to nontraditional areas like criminal justice, domestic violence, and immigration; the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic; artificial intelligence; and other topics whose study may advance the field … (more)