Lisa Bernstein

University of Chicago - Law School

Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law

1111 E. 60th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

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Private Commercial Law in the Cotton Industry: Creating Cooperation Through Rules, Norms, and Institutions

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 28 Aug 2001
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Citation 115

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Contracts, cooperation, commercial law

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Customary Law: An Introduction

LisaBernstein and Francesco Parisi, Economics of Customary Law (Edward Elgar, 2013), Minnesota Legal Studies Research Paper No. 13-22
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 12 Jan 2014
Lisa Bernstein and Francesco Parisi
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Minnesota - Law School
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Customary Law, spontaneous law, lex mercatoria, articulation

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Merchant Law in a Modern Economy

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 639
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 01 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2013
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Uniform Commercial Code, Contracts, Out Sourcing, Interpretation

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Managerial Contracting: A Preliminary Study

14 J. Legal Analysis 176 (2022), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 988
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2024
Lisa Bernstein and Brad Peterson
University of Chicago - Law School and Mayer Brown LLP
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The Questionable Empirical Basis of Article 2's Incorporation Strategy: A Preliminary Study

University of Chicago Law School, John M. Olin Law and Economics Working Paper No. 74
Number of pages: 92 Posted: 04 May 1999
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Citation 137

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Beyond Relational Contracts: Social Capital and Network Governance in Procurement Contracts

The Journal of Legal Analysis, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 742
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 07 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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networks, relational contracts, supply chains, reputation

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Contract Governance in Small World Networks: The Case of the Maghribi Traders

113 Northwestern University Law Review 1009 (2019), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 880
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 28 Nov 2018 Last Revised: 10 Oct 2024
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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private ordering, contracts, social network analysis, small word networks

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An (Un) Common Frame of Reference: An American Perspective on the Jurisprudence of the CESL

Common Market Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Chicago Institute for Law & Economics Olin Research Paper No. 606
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 May 2012 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2012
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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European Sales Law, Commerical Law, Usage of Trade

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The Myth of Trade Usage: A Talk for KCON

Barry Law Review (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Dec 2017
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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trade usage, custom, commercial law, contracts, ucc

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Merchant Law in a Merchant Court: Rethinking the Code's Search for Immanent Business Norms

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 1996.
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 04 May 1998 Last Revised: 13 Dec 2017
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Custom in the Courts

Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 110, No. 64, 2015, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 743
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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contracts, usage, custom, uniform commerical code, relational contracts

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Forward: Review of Baird, Eisenberg & Bix on Contract Doctrine

University of Chicago Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 12 Jan 2014
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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contracts

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Copying and Context: Tying as a Solution to the Lack of Intellectual Property Protection of Contract Terms

New York University Law Review, Vol. 88, No. 1, May 2013, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 672
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 14 Jan 2014
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Black Hole Apparitions

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Black Hole Apparitions

67 Duke Law Journal Online 102 (2017), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 844
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 29 May 2018
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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contracts, contract interpretation, commerical law, sovereign debt

Black Hole Apparitions

Duke Law Journal Online, 2017
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Nov 2018
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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contracts, black holes, commercial law, contract interpretation

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Copying and Context: Tying as a Solution to the Lack of Intellectual Property Protection of Contract Terms

New York University Law Review Online, Vol. 88, May 2013
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 12 Jan 2014
Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago - Law School
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Contracts, Intellectual Property, Innovation

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The Secrecy Interest in Contract Law

Posted: 15 Jun 2001
Omri Ben-Shahar and Lisa Bernstein
University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago - Law School

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