Promoting or frustrating the statute of frauds? Implications from Holman v. Childersburg Bancorporation, Inc.
INTRODUCTION In Alabama, a transfer of interest in real property must be in writing, signed by the party charged, and contain a recital of consideration or it is void by the Statute of Frauds. (1) However, the Alabama Supreme Court has held that partial performance of an...

Fighting words won't help.
WHILE offense is the best defense in war operations, the AFP need not have ordered its troops nationwide to resume full offensive military operations against the NPA and vigorously pursue objectives with military value. That could only be taken as a provocation, although the AFP may have been prodded...

Contracts, 6th ed.
9780735573406 Contracts, 6th ed. Blond, Neil C. and Louis Petrillo. Aspen Publishers, Inc. 2007 555 pages $28.95 Paperback Blond's law guides KF801 The guide prepares law students for a...

MO: was association's oral agreement binding?: did statute of frauds apply to oral agreement?
CASE FACTS: The Visiting Nurse Association of St. Louis (VNASL) brought suit against VNAHealthcare, Inc. (VNAH). VNASL prayed for an injunctive relief on various claims of state trade name infringement. Suit was brought in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The United States District...

The Statute of Frauds and business norms: a testable game-theoretic model.
INTRODUCTION This Article uses models drawn from the theory of repeated games and evolutionary game theory to analyze the relationship between contract law and business norms. This relationship is central to modern, post-legal Realist contract and commercial law. To borrow from Grant Gilmore, one of the fundamental tenets underlying...

Norms, formalities, and the Statute of Frauds: a comment.
INTRODUCTION Jason Johnston's Article makes three contributions to the economics and sociology of contract law.(1) First, it provides a methodological analysis of the use of case reports to discover business norms. Second, it makes a positive argument about the extent to which businesses use writings in contractual relations. Third,...

Contract law and athletics departments. (Law Review).
Meriweather Mowing Service, Inc. v. St. Anne's-Belfield, Inc. Circuit Court of the City of Charlottesville, Virginia 51 Va. Cir. 525; 2000 Va. Cir. LEXIS 79 April 25, 2000 Meriweather Mowing Services, Inc., brought charges against a private school, St. Anne's-Belfield School,...

Inverting choice of law in the wired universe: thermodynamics, mass, and energy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION I. THE CALIFORNIA PARADIGM: MARKET RESTRUCTURING AND STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE A. Market Design and Response B. Wholesale Litigation C. New Rules: Legislative Recourse 1. No Exit 2. The Bankruptcies D. The "Solution" that Deepened the Hole II. TREATMENT OF ELECTRICITY UNDER THE COMMON LAW AND THE...

Implied-in-fact contracts under the Federal Acquisition Regulation: why PacOrd got it wrong.
The case of PacOrd, Inc. v. United States(1) exemplifies why people should follow their gut instincts. PacOrd, a subcontractor, hesitated to work with the general contractor, A & E Industries, in performing ship repair work for the United States government. PacOrd knew of A & E's reputation for not...

Ignoramus, The Woman Turned Bully, and Restoration satire on the common lawyer.
INTRODUCTION The mid-1670s stand as a period of apogee in Restoration drama. The two patent companies enjoyed the advantages of new playhouses, a steady flow of scripts from both established and new playwrights, and substantial success in their productions, and could therefore see the immediate future with...