William C. Whitford

University of Wisconsin Law School

Emeritus Professor of Law

975 Bascom Mall

Madison, WI 53706

United States

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Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores: The Rest of The Story

Hastings Law Journal, Vol. 61, p. 801, 2010, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1085
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 02 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 18 May 2010
William C. Whitford and Stewart Macaulay
University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School
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contracts, promissory estoppel, franchise, franchising, Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores, precontractual reliance, reliance, legal archaeology, law in action, law and society, legal history

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Contracts: Law in Action, Volume I: The Introductory Course – Introduction (Chapter 1)

CONTRACTS: LAW IN ACTION, VOLUME 1: THE INTRODUCTORY COURSE, LexisNexis, 2010, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 11-08
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Mar 2011
Stewart Macaulay, Jean Braucher, John A. Kidwell and William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law (Deceased), University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School
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contracts, law in action, relational, law and society, casebook

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The Role of the Jury (and the Fact/Law Distinction) in the Interpretation of Written Contracts

Wisconsin Law Review, pp. 931-964, 2001, University of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper Series Archival Collection
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Apr 2010
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Legal Procedure, The Legal System, Illegal Behavior

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A Black Critique of the Internal Revenue Code

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 1996, 1997
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 11 Jun 2008
Beverly I. Moran and William C. Whitford
Vanderbilt University - Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School
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race, wealth, discrimination, class

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The Development of Contracts: Law in Action

Temple Law Review, Vol. 87, 2015, Forthcoming, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1357
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 03 Jul 2015
Stewart Macaulay and William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Contracts, Casesbooks, Law in Action

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Contracts: Law in Action - Unconscionability

Contracts: Law in Action, Forthcoming, Temple University Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-19
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 19 Apr 2016
Jonathan C. Lipson, Stewart Macaulay, William C. Whitford and Kathryn Hendley
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School
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Contracts, unconscionability, law and society, law in action, CFPB, consumer financial protection bureau, payday lending

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A History of the Automobile Lender Provision of Bapcpa

University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2001, No. 143, 2007, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1020
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 17 May 2010
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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consumer, bankruptcy, auto finance, BAPCPA

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Preface, Revisiting the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay: On the Empirical and the Lyrical

Revisiting the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay: On the Empirical and the Lyrical, Jean Braucher, John Kidwell, & William C. Whitford eds., 2013, Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 13-07
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Feb 2013
Jean Braucher and William C. Whitford
University of Arizona - James E. Rogers College of Law (Deceased) and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Stewart Macaulay, relational contracts, non-contractual relations in business

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Law School-Administered Financial Aid: The Good News and the Bad News

67 Journal of Legal Education 4 (2017), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1426
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Nov 2017
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Legal Education, Financial Aid, Law School Administered Financial Aid, Law School, Law Graduate Student Debt, Student Debt, Student Loan Forgiveness, LRAP, Loan Repayment Assistance Program

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Jean Braucher's Contracts World View

58 Ariz. L. Rev. 13 (2016), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1354
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2016
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Contracts, Law in Action, Relational Contracts, Regulation

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A Relational Perspective on Contract Law's Default Rules, with an Emphasis on Remedies

William Whitford, A relational perspective on contract law's default rules, with an emphasis on remedies in Research Handbook on Remedies in Private Law (Roger Halson, David Campbell eds., 2019). PP. 490-511., Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1446
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 09 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2020
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Contract Law, Default Rules, Remedies, Contractual Remedies, Business-to-Business, Relational Contracts

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The Theory and Practice of Yash Pal Ghai Respecting Legal Education

“Essays in honour of Professor Yash Pal Ghai”. , Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1392
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Sep 2016
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Yash Pal Ghai, legal education, East Africa

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My Time (1967-69) at the Faculty of Law, University of Dar Es Salaam

Zanzibar Law Yearbook, 2015, Forthcoming, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1355
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Jun 2015
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Dar es Salaam, SAILER, Legal Education in Africa,ARusha Declaration, Expatriate Faculty, Curriculum Reform

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Jim Jones: A Teacher, a Mentor, and an Inspiration to Law Students

Wisconsin Law Review, Vol. 2013, p. 747, 2013, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1246
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 30 Jan 2014
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Professor Jim Jones

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Small Ball

Texas Law Review, Vol. 90, p. 9, 2011, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1185
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Jan 2012
William C. Whitford
University of Wisconsin Law School
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chapter 13, consumer, bankruptcy, empirical