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32m
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.
What are limitations on freedom of contract? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law lays out the three main situations where negative externalities render contracts unenforceable: force, fraud and monopolies, the last of which is prohibited b
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What are limitations on freedom of contract? Professor Richard Epstein of NYU School of Law lays out the three main situations where negative externalities render contracts unenforceable: force, fraud and monopolies, the last of which is prohibited by antitrust law, formulated in the Sherman Act of 1890.
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.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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