United States Contract Law - Theory

Theory

  • Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute, on forum selection clauses
  • The Bremen v. Zapata Off-Shore Company, forum selection clauses
  • Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge, on the Constitution's Contract Clause
  • Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild Inc., on the validity of union shop contracts
  • Salazar v. Ramah Navajo Chapter, 567 U.S. ___ (2012) the US government's obligation to honor contracts with Native Americans.
  • Law of obligations, tort, unjust enrichment and trusts
  • Freedom of contract and regulation
  • Autonomy
  • Bargaining power and inequality of bargaining power
  • Will theory, promise
  • "Promise" in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Arthur Linton Corbin
  • Adverse selection, moral hazard, information asymmetry
  • Complete contract and default rule
  • Agency cost, principal and agent problem

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