The 3 1/2 Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design

G. Mitu Gulati; Robert E. Scott;

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The 3 1/2 Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design

G. Mitu Gulati

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University of Chicago Press

DATE

2013

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

G. Mitu Gulati

Citation

G. Mitu Gulati & Robert E. Scott, The 3 1/2 Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design, University of Chicago Press (2013).

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