Robert E. Scott

Publications

• Comparing Agency Costs in Contract Production: Private Equity M&A Versus Corporate and Sovereign Bonds
  74 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 47 (2023) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2023
• The Paradox of Contracting in Markets
  83 LAW & CONTEMP. PROBS. 71 (2020) · Law and Contemporary Problems · 2020

• The Black Hole Problem in Commercial Boilerplate
  67 DUKE L.J. (2017) · Duke Law Journal · 2017
• Contract Design and the Shading Problem
  99 MARQ. L. REV. 1 (2015) · Marquette Law Review · 2015
• Using Critical Pedagogy to Connect Prison Education and Prison Abolitionism
  33 ST. LOUIS U. PUB. L. REV. (2014) · Saint Louis University Public Law Review · 2014
• Text and Context: Contract Interpretation as Contract Design
  100 CORNELL L. REV. 23 (2014) · Cornell Law Review · 2014
• Foreword: The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design
  40 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2011) · Hofstra Law Review · 2011
• Hoffman v Red Owl Stores and the Limits of the Legal Method
  61 UC L.J. 859 (2010) · UC Law Journal · 2010
• Contract Interpretation Redux
  119 YALE L.J. 926 (2010) · Yale Law Journal · 2010

• In (Partial) Defense of Strict Liability in Contract
  107 MICH. L. REV. 1381 (2009) · Michigan Law Review · 2009
• Anticipating Litigation in Contract Design
  115 YALE L.J. 814 (2006) · Yale Law Journal · 2006
• Incomplete Contracts and the Theory of Contract Design
  56 CASE W. RES. L. REV. 187 (2005) · Case Western Reserve Law Review · 2005
• Contract Theory and the Limits of Contract Law
  113 YALE L.J. 541 (2003) · Yale Law Journal · 2003
• The Rise and Fall of Article 2
  62 LA. L. REV. (2002) · Louisiana Law Review · 2002
• Is Article 2 the Best We Can Do
  52 UC L.J. 677 (2001) · UC Law Journal · 2001
• Twenty-Five Years through the Virginia Law Review (With Gun and Camera)
  87 VA. L. REV. 577 (2001) · Virginia Law Review · 2001
• The Limits of Behavioral Theories of Law and Social Norms
  86 VA. L. REV. 1603 (2000) · Virginia Law Review · 2000
• Exported to Death: The Failture of Agricultural Deregulation
  9 MINN. J. GLOBAL TRADE 87 (2000) · Minnesota Journal of Global Trade · 2000

• Marriage as Relational Contract
  84 VA. L. REV. 1225 (1998) · Virginia Law Review · 1998
• Truth About Secured Financing
  82 CORNELL L. REV. 1436 (1997) · Cornell Law Review · 1997
• The Mythology of Article 9
  79 MINN. L. REV. 853 (1995) · Minnesota Law Review · 1995
• Parents as Fiduciaries
  81 VA. L. REV. 2401 (1995) · Virginia Law Review · 1995
• Political Economy of Private Legislatures
  143 U. PENN. L. REV. 595 (1995) · University of Pennsylvania Law Review · 1995
• Foreword
  80 VA. L. REV. 1193 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• The Politics of Article 9
  80 VA. L. REV. 1783 (1994) · Virginia Law Review · 1994
• Chaos Theory and the Justice Paradox
  35 WM. & MARY L. REV. 329 (1993) · William & Mary Law Review · 1993
• Getting It Right
  78 VA. L. REV. 817 (1992) · Virginia Law Review · 1992
• Plea Bargaining as Contract
  101 YALE L.J. 1909 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• A Reply: Imperfect Bargains, Imperfect Trials, and Innocent Defendants
  101 YALE L.J. 2011 (1992) · Yale Law Journal · 1992
• The Case for Market Damages: Revisiting the Lost Profits Puzzle
  57 U. CHI. L. REV. (1990) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1990
• A Relational Theory of Default Rules for Commercial Contracts
  19 J. LEGAL STUD. (1990) · Journal of Legal Studies · 1990
• The Toxic Time Bomb in the Borderland: Can the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act Help
  30 NAT. RESOURCES J. 969 (1990) · Natural Resources Journal · 1990

• On the Nature of Bankruptcy: An Essay on Bankruptcy Sharing and the Creditors' Bargain
  75 VA. L. REV. 155 (1989) · Virginia Law Review · 1989
• Conflict and Cooperation in Long-Term Contracts
  75 CAL. L. REV. 2005 (1987) · California Law Review · 1987
• Through Bankruptcy with the Creditors' Bargain Heuristic (reviewing <i>Cases, Problems, and Materials on Bankruptcy</i> by Douglas G. Baird, Thomas H. Jackson)
  53 U. CHI. L. REV. (1986) · University of Chicago Law Review · 1986
• The Limits of Expanded Choice: An Analysis of the Interactions between Express and Implied Contract Terms
  73 CAL. L. REV. 261 (1985) · California Law Review · 1985
• The Mitigation Principle: Toward a General Theory of Contractual Obligation
  69 VA. L. REV. 967 (1983) · Virginia Law Review · 1983
• Principles of Relational Contracts
  67 VA. L. REV. 1089 (1981) · Virginia Law Review · 1981
• Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract
  89 YALE L.J. 1261 (1980) · Yale Law Journal · 1980

• Liquidated Damages, Penalties and the Just Compensation Principle: Some Notes on an Enforcement Model and a Theory of Efficient Breach
  77 COLUM. L. REV. 554 (1977) · Columbia Law Review · 1977
• Constitutional Regulation of Provisional Creditor Remedies: The Cost of Procedural Due Process
  61 VA. L. REV. 807 (1975) · Virginia Law Review · 1975
• Abusive Debt Collection - A Model Statute for Virginia
  15 WM. & MARY L. REV. 567 (1974) · William & Mary Law Review · 1974
• The Reality of Procedural Due Process - A Study of the Implementation of Fair Hearing Requirements by the Welfare Caseworker
  13 WM. & MARY L. REV. 725 (1972) · William & Mary Law Review · 1972

• The Welfare Hearing Process - The Law and Administrative Regulations Examined
  11 WM. & MARY L. REV. 291 (1969) · William & Mary Law Review · 1969
• Compensation for Victims of Violent Crimes: An Analysis
  8 WM. & MARY L. REV. 277 (1967) · William & Mary Law Review · 1967
• Constitutional Law - Admissibility of Evidence - Reasonable Search and Seizure. Hawley v. Commonwealth, 206 Va. 479 (1965)
  7 WM. & MARY L. REV. 391 (1966) · William & Mary Law Review · 1966