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Contract Formation

Contract Formation is a doctrinal category of contract law that concerns the legal rules and processes by which parties’ manifestations of assent, supported by any required formalities and other validity conditions, bring a legally binding contract into existence.

158

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14.2K

Citations

249

Authors

125

Institutions

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2017–2026

16

Variants

Formation Of Contract

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Publications

158

The contracts of individuals and organizations

Jacob M. Parks · 1993 · 1.2K citations

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Schema, promise and mutuality: The building blocks of the psychological contract

Denise M. Rousseau · Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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Learning to Contract: Evidence from the Personal Computer Industry

Kyle J. Mayer, Nicholas Argyres · Organization Science · 2004 · 929 citations

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The Contractual Nature of the Firm

Steven N. S. Cheung · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 821 citations

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The New Social Contract: An Inquiry into Modern Contractual Relations.

Geoffrey McNicoll, Ian R. Macneil · Population and Development Review · 1981 · 736 citations

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Authors

249

  1. EA
    Eric A. Posner

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

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  2. EP
    Elisabeth Peden

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    3 publications · 96 citations

    3

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  3. RE
    Robert E. Scott

    Mayo Clinic, United States

    3 publications · 291 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DM
    Denise M. Rousseau

    Carnegie Mellon University, United States

    3 publications · 1.4K citations

    3

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  5. PG
    Paul Grefen

    Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

    3 publications · 167 citations

    3

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Institutions

125

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    269 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    145 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    159 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    75 citations

  6. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    170 citations

  7. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    20 citations

  8. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 20 publications · 487 citations

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  2. Columbia Law Review

    4 publications · 444 citations

    4

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  3. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 4 publications · 99 citations

    4

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  4. European Review of Contract Law

    3 publications · 132 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

    3 publications · 249 citations

    3

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