Alan U. Schwartz

Publications

• Is It a Failure of Informed Consent When a Physician Does Not Share a Test Result With a Patient Because the Physician Does Not Believe the Test?
  59 UIC L. REV. (2026) · UIC Law Review · 2026
• Midstream Contract Interpretation
  99 NOTRE DAME L. REV. 611 (2023) · Notre Dame Law Review · 2023
• Toward a Patient Right to Record Medical Visits
  57 UIC L. REV. (2023) · UIC Law Review · 2023

• Keynote Address: Modern Supply Chains and Outmoded Contract Law
  68 AM. U. L. REV. (2019) · American University Law Review · 2019
• Regulating for Rationality
  67 STAN. L. REV. (2015) · Stanford Law Review · 2015
• Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation
  42 J. LEGAL STUD. (2013) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2013
• Contract Interpretation Redux
  119 YALE L.J. 926 (2010) · Yale Law Journal · 2010

• How Much Irrationality Does the Market Permit?
  37 J. LEGAL STUD. (2008) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2008
• Twilight in the Zone of Insolvency: Fiduciary Duty and Creditors of Troubled Companies - Theory and Policy
  1 J. BUS. & TECH. L. 291 (2007) · Journal of Business & Technology Law · 2007
• Who Should Pay for Bankruptcy Costs?
  34 J. LEGAL STUD. (2005) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2005
• Optimal Penalties in Contracts
  78 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 33 (2003) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 2003
• Contract Theory and the Limits of Contract Law
  113 YALE L.J. 541 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• The Still Questionable Role of Private Legislatures
  62 LA. L. REV. (2002) · Louisiana Law Review · 2002
• THE NEW TEXTUALISM AND THE RULE OF LAW SUBTEXT IN THE SUPREME COURT'S BANKRUPTCY JURISPRUDENCE
  45 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REV. 149 (2000) · NYLS Law Review · 2000
• Regulating Consumer Bankruptcy: A Theoretical Inquiry
  29 J. LEGAL STUD. (2000) · Journal of Legal Studies · 2000

• Bankruptcy Contracting Reviewed
  109 YALE L.J. 343 (1999) · Yale Law Journal · 1999
• A Contract Theory Approach to Business Bankruptcy
  107 YALE L.J. 1807 (1998) · Yale Law Journal · 1998
• Priority Contracts and Priority in Bankruptcy
  82 CORNELL L. REV. 1396 (1997) · Cornell Law Review · 1997
• Buyouts in Large Companies
  25 J. LEGAL STUD. (1996) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1996
• Political Economy of Private Legislatures
  143 U. PENN. L. REV. 595 (1995) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1995
• Taking the Analysis of Security Seriously
  80 VA. L. REV. 2073 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• Bankruptcy Workouts and Debt Contracts
  36 J. L. & ECON. (1993) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1993
• The Case Against Strict Liability
  60 FORDHAM L. REV. 819 (1992) · Fordham Law Review · 1992
• Relational Contracts in the Courts: An Analysis of Incomplete Agreements and Judicial Strategies
  21 J. LEGAL STUD. (1992) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1992
• The Myth that Promisees Prefer Supracompensatory Remedies: An Analysis of Contracting for Damage Measures
  100 YALE L.J. 369 (1990) · Yale Law Journal · 1990

• A Theory of Loan Priorities
  18 J. LEGAL STUD. (1989) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1989
• Views of Addiction and the Duty to Warn
  75 VA. L. REV. 509 (1989) · Virginia Law Review · 1989
• Commentary on "Towards a Market in Unmatured Tort Claims": A Long Way Yet to Go
  75 VA. L. REV. 423 (1989) · Virginia Law Review · 1989
• The Sole Owner Standard Reviewed
  17 J. LEGAL STUD. (1988) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1988
• The Fairness of Tender Offer Prices in Utilitarian Theory
  17 J. LEGAL STUD. (1988) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1988
• Proposals for Products Liability Reform: A Theoretical Synthesis
  97 YALE L.J. 353 (1988) · Yale Law Journal · 1988
• Causation in Private Tory Law: A Comment on Kelman
  63 CHI.-KENT. L. REV. 639 (1987) · Chicago-Kent Law Review · 1987
• Products Liability, Corporate Structure, and Bankruptcy: Toxic Substances and the Remote Risk Relationship
  14 J. LEGAL STUD. (1985) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1985
• Vacuum of Fact or Vacuous Theory: A Reply to Professor Kripke
  133 U. PENN. L. REV. 987 (1985) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1985
• The Continuing Puzzle of Secured Debt
  37 VAND. L. REV. 1051 (1984) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 1984
• The Enforceability of Security Interests in Consumer Goods
  26 J. L. & ECON. (1983) · Journal of Law and Economics · 1983
• Imperfect Information in Markets for Contract Terms: The Examples of Warranties and Security Interests
  69 VA. L. REV. 1387 (1983) · Virginia Law Review · 1983
• Security Interests and Bankruptcy Priorities: A Review of Current Theories
  10 J. LEGAL STUD. (1981) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1981

• The Case for Specific Performance
  89 YALE L.J. 271 (1979) · Yale Law Journal · 1979
• Intervening In Markets on the Basis of Imperfect Information: A Legal and Economic Analysis
  127 U. PENN. L. REV. 630 (1979) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1979
• A Reexamination of Nonsubstantive Unconscionability
  63 VA. L. REV. 1053 (1977) · Virginia Law Review · 1977
• Products Liability and Judicial Wealth Redistributions
  51 IND. L.J. (1976) · Indiana Law Journal · 1976
• Seller Unequal Bargaining Power and the Judicial Process
  49 IND. L.J. (1974) · Indiana Law Journal · 1974
• The Private Law Treatment of Defective Products in Sales Situations
  49 IND. L.J. (1973) · Indiana Law Journal · 1973

• Review Article
  78 HARV. L. REV. 701 (1965) · Harvard Law Review · 1965
• Review Article
  65 COLUM. L. REV. 180 (1965) · Columbia Law Review · 1965
• Review Article
  63 MICH. L. REV. 569 (1965) · Michigan Law Review · 1965