Investigating the Contract Production Process

33 Pages Posted: 8 Jun 2021 Last revised: 6 Dec 2021

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Stephen J. Choi

New York University School of Law

Robert E. Scott

Columbia University - Law School

Mitu Gulati

University of Virginia School of Law

Date Written: June 5, 2021

Abstract

Contract law and theory have traditionally paid little attention to the processes by which contracts are made. Instead, contracts among sophisticated parties are assumed to be full articulations of the desires of the parties; whatever the process, the outcome is the same. This article compares sovereign debt contracts from US and UK firms, with different production processes, that are trying to do the same thing under very similar legal regimes. We find that that the production process likely matters quite a bit to the final form that contracts take.

Keywords: Comparing US v. UK contracts, sovereign bonds, innovation, encrustation

JEL Classification: F34, H63, H81, K12

Suggested Citation

Choi, Stephen J. and Scott, Robert E. and Gulati, Mitu, Investigating the Contract Production Process (June 5, 2021). Capital Markets Law Journal (Forthcoming), Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-39, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2021-16, NYU Law and Economics Research Paper No. 21-16, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3860898

Stephen J. Choi (Contact Author)

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Robert E. Scott

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Mitu Gulati

University of Virginia School of Law ( email )

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