Common Law and Contracts

Common Law and Contracts

What kinds of agreements are covered by the law of contracts? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law gives a basic definition, then goes through a variety of transactions, from simple to complex, where contracts with increasing degrees of formality are used. What role do contracts play in the greater social order? What net benefits do they have? Watch to learn more.

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4 of 11: What happens when a contract becomes “impossible”? [No. 86]

What happens when a contract becomes impossible to fulfill? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law discussing two landmark English cases, Taylor v Caldwell (1863) and Krell v Henry (1903), whose rulings are used to shed light on this questio ... What happens when a contract becomes impossible to fulfill? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law discussing two landmark English cases, Taylor v Caldwell (1863) and Krell v Henry (1903), whose rulings are used to shed light on this question.

Professor Epstein is the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.

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