It is widely but incorrectly believed that commercially sophisticated parties are free to make whatever contracts they choose. Contracts contain a “procedural” part and a “substantive” part. The ...

For some years now, Professor Avery Katz has taught first-year contracts from a client-centered perspective that emphasizes how the rules of contract law can be used to promote the purposes of ...

Brian Jackson/Sun-Times Media Rahm Emanuel: The authority on contracts. After reading the Tribune‘s postelection editorial in which they expressed their orgasmic joy over Bruce Rauner’s gubernatorial ...

When two or more people strike a bargain, and each party to the agreement promises to give something up in order to get something else in return, those individuals have created what is known as a ...

A checklist of strategies and tips for effectively drafting commercial contracts, including guidance on how to effectively plan the contract drafting process, select the proper form of contract, and ...

This lecture will consider the role that contracts can and do play in regulating the different interests in the conservation of contemporary artworks, such as the interests of the artist, role of ...

Damages are an essential part of any breach of contract claim. Understanding the monetary value of the client’s claim is just as important as understanding the elements or likelihood of success of ...

The annual John Paul Stevens Lecture brings a distinguished jurist to Colorado Law to discuss judging and the state of the judiciary. United States Associate Justice John Paul Stevens delivered the ...