Hermeneutics and Contract Default Rules: An Essay on Lieber and Corbin

Authors

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

The most provocative debate in contemporary contract law scholarship concerns default rule analysis. Dozens of law review articles have been devoted to this, puzzle regarding the manner in which courts do or should fill gaps in incomplete contracts. The timing and course of this debate might have been very different, however, except for an accident of intellectual history.

Keywords

Hermeneutics, Contracts, War

Disciplines

Contracts | Law

Recommended Citation

Lawrence A. Cunningham, Hermeneutics and Contract Default Rules: An Essay on Lieber and Corbin, 16 Cardozo L. Rev. 2225 (1995).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol16/iss6/11