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Restatement (Second) of Contracts

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97:. Specifically, the UCC has replaced the Restatement (Second) of Contracts in regard to the sale of goods. The Restatement (Second) of Contracts remains the unofficial authority for aspects of contract law which find their genesis in the common law principles of the United States and, previously, England. 65:
Legal scholars and jurists have commented extensively on the Restatement, both in contrasting it with aspects of the first Restatement, and in evaluating its influence and effectiveness in reaching its stated objectives. It is in this context of
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Although several sections of the Restatement contained new rules which sometimes contradicted existing law, courts citing these sections have predominantly adopted the Restatement's view, citing them as a court would cite statute or code.
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Far more common, however, is the practice of citing the Restatement to clarify generally accepted doctrine in every major area of contract and commercial law. It is in this context of
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Although the Restatement of Contracts is still an influential academic work, certain aspects have been superseded in everyday legal practice by the
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that one can find numerous arguments both favoring and criticizing some aspects of the Restatement as an independent source of legal scholarship.
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began work on the second edition in 1962 and completed it in 1979; the version in use at present has a copyright year of 1981.
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Ipse Dixit: The Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the Modern Development of Contract Law
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Legal Realism or Legal Fiction? Impracticability Under the Restatement (Second) of Contracts
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common law. It is one of the best-recognized and frequently cited legal treatises in all of
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Interpretation and Legal Effect in the Second "Restatement of Contracts" Robert Braucher
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The Restatement (Second): Its Misleading Quality and a Proposal for Its Amelioration
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Restitution in the Second "Restatement of Contracts"Joseph M. Perillo
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that one can find the Restatement used as direct substantiation and
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Ideology and Community in the First Wave of Critical Legal Studies
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For an explanation of the purpose of a restatement of law, see
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in the areas of contracts and commercial transactions. The
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The Codification of Contract Law in the Twentieth Century
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Contract Law: Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe
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Index

Restatements of the Law
contract
American
jurisprudence
non-binding authority
common law
American Law Institute
Restatement of the Law
persuasive authority
Uniform Commercial Code
Arthur Linton Corbin
Corpus Juris Secundum
Bluebook
Ideology and Community in the First Wave of Critical Legal Studies
ISBN
0-8020-8341-2
ISBN
978-1-84113-237-2
Ipse Dixit: The Restatement (Second) of Contracts and the Modern Development of Contract Law
Categories
United States contract law
1979 in American law
Legal treatises

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