The three and a half minute transaction : boilerplate and the limits of contract design /

The three and a half minute transaction : boilerplate and the limits of contract design /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Gulati, Mitu.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Description:	viii, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The Chicago series in law and society Chicago series in law and society.
Subject:	Standardized terms of contract. Contracts -- Language. Foreign trade regulation. Contracts -- Language. Foreign trade regulation. Standardized terms of contract.
Format:	Print Book
Local Note:	University of Chicago Library's copy 2 includes original dust jacket.
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8967345

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	3 and a 1/2 minute transaction 3 1/2 minute transaction 3.5 minute transaction
Other authors / contributors:	Scott, Robert E., 1944-
ISBN:	9780226924380 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226924386 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226924397 (e-book) 0226924394 (e-book)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-224) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. A Story of Sticky Boilerplate Begins in Brussels
Chapter 2. The Sovereign Bond Contract
Chapter 3. Theories Explaining the Stickiness of Contract Boilerplate
Chapter 4. The Importance of Elliott: The Official Story
Chapter 5. Market Responses
Chapter 6. The Faithful Lawyer
Chapter 7. The Imperfect Agent
Chapter 8. Rituals and Myths
Chapter 9. The Hunt for Pari Passu
Chapter 10. The Agency Costs of Big Law
Chapter 11. Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Index