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CONTACT
gmc3y@virginia.edu
(434) 924-3814
Room WB171A

ASSISTANT
Crystal Smith

SUBJECTS
Contracts, professional responsibility, agency and partnership, law and economics, class action abuse

Publications


Books:

The Law and Ethics of Lawyering (with Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Susan P. Koniak, Roger C. Cramton and W. Bradley Wendel) (Foundation Press, 5th ed. 2010).

Foundations of the Law and Ethics of Lawyering (ed. with Susan P. Koniak) (2004).


Working Papers:

"Legal and Ethical Duties of Lawyers after Sarbanes-Oxley" (Susan P. Koniak & Roger C. Cramton), forthcoming Villanova L. Rev.

"Norms, Law, and Contract" (with Susan P. Koniak).

"Whose Word Is Law?" (with Susan P. Koniak).

"The Collusion Problem in Agency Law" (1999).
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Book Chapters and Multi-Author Works:

“Interpretation and Implied Terms in Contract Law,” in Gerrit De Geest, ed., Contract Law and Economics 125 (Edward Elgar, 2d ed. 2011).

“How Fault Shapes Contract Law,” in Omri Ben Shahar & Ariel Porat, eds., Fault in American Contract Law 53 (Cambridge University Press, 2010).

“Have U.S. Regulators Been Soft on Banks Over Structured Products? Yes” (with David Dana, Susan Koniak, and Tom Ross), 13 Int’l Fin. L. Rev. (2006).
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"In Hell There Will Be Lawyers Without Law or Clients" (with Susan P. Koniak), in Deborah Rhode, ed., Ethics in Practice Lawyers' Roles, Responsibilities, and Regulation (Oxford, 2000).

"Interpretation and Implied Terms in Contract Law," in Boudewijn Bouckaert & Gerrit de Geest, eds., Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (Edward Elgar, 2000).
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"Replacing Striking Workers: The Law and Economics Approach" (with Michael Wachter), N.Y.U. National Conference on Labor, 43rd Annual Proceedings, 109 (1990).

"An Internal Labor Market Approach to Labor Law: Does Labor Law Promote Efficient Contracting?" (with Michael Wachter), in Industrial Relations Research Association, 41st Annual Proceedings 243 (1988).


Articles:

"The Fault That Lies Within Our Contract Law," 107 Mich. L. Rev. 1445 (2009).
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“Of Coerced Waiver, Government Leverage, and Corporate Loyalty: The Holder, Thompson, and McNulty Memos and Their Critics,” 93 Va. L. Rev. In Brief 137 (2007).
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“Legal and Ethical Duties of Lawyers after Sarbanes-Oxley” (with Roger C. Cramton & Susan P. Koniak), 49 Vill. L. Rev. 725 (2004).
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"The Multi-Lawyered Problems of Professional Responsibility," U. Ill. L. Rev. 1409 (2003).
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"Finding Fault With Wonnell’s 'Two Contractual Wrongs," 38 San Diego L. Rev. 137 (2001).
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"In Hell There Will Be Lawyers Without Clients or Law" (with Susan P. Koniak), 30 Hofstra L. Rev. 129 (2001).
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"The 'Fair' Is the Enemy of the Good: Ortiz v. Fibreboard Corporation and Class Action Settlements," 8 Sup. Ct. Econ. Rev. 23 (2000).
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"When Law and Economics Met Professional Responsibility," 67 Fordham L. Rev. 273 (1998).
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"Legal Malpractice Insurance and Loss Prevention: A Comparative Analysis of Economic Institutions," 4 Conn. Ins. L. J. 305 (1997).
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"Under Cloak of Settlement" (with S. Koniak), 82 Va. L. Rev. 1051 (1996).
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"The Fault Lines in Contract Damages," 80 Va. L. Rev. 1225 (1994).
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"The Negligence-Opportunism Tradeoff in Contract Law," 20 Hofstra L. Rev. 941 (1992).
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"The Law and Economics of Collective Bargaining: An Introduction and Application to the Problems of Subcontracting, Partial Closure, and Relocation" (with Michael Wachter), 136 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1349 (1988).
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"Comment, Posnerian Jurisprudence and Economic Analysis of Law: The View from the Bench," 133 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1117 (1985).
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Other Publications:

"The Academics’ Role in the SEC’s Rules, Education and Practice" (Virginia State Bar), Fall 2003.