Total run time:
6m
What types of contracts did the Romans utilize? Professor Richard Epstein explains basic Roman contracts, and specific types such as those governing partnerships and wills. He also contrasts Roman contractual standards to modern “reasonableness” standards used to interpret contracts.
Professor Richard Epstein explains how society revolves around voluntary transactions. Contracts are needed as the rules or mechanism that govern these exchanges. There are a variety of both personal and business motives for transactions. Professor E
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Professor Richard Epstein explains how society revolves around voluntary transactions. Contracts are needed as the rules or mechanism that govern these exchanges. There are a variety of both personal and business motives for transactions. Professor Epstein discusses some examples of exchange where it is not obvious that both parties immediately gain a benefit, but a transaction still takes place under certain rules.
Professor Richard Epstein is the inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at NYU School of Law, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and Professor of Law Emeritus and a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago.
As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.
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Total run time:
6m
Course:
Total videos:
2
Difficulty:
Elective