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: Credit SlipsUnmerchantable McDonalds' Fries? New Commercial Law Blog
By Katie Porter (index)
Several law professors have started a new blog, Commercial Law, to offer their thoughts on issues arising under the Uniform Commercial Code or commercial laws. The blog is off to a lively start with daily postings on all sorts of topics, including the status of Revised Article 1 of the UCC, contracts of adhesion, and the future of teaching commercial law.
The post that caught my eye was Jennifer Martin's post on a trio of cases alleging that McDonald's products violate UCC sales provisions, including the warranty of merchantability. While all three cases failed (and I'm in agreement with Prof. Martin about the correctness of those rulings), it's fun to think about how the UCC applies to so many ordinary transactions and to question how these doctrines hold up to shifting societal norms. For contracts or consumer law teachers, the cases provide fun hypothethicals for class, and for all of us who struggle to explain their legal specialty to friends and families, the cases offer an everyday, if somewhat silly, example of commercial disputes.
Full post as published by Credit Slips on March 03, 2008 (boomark / email).
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