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Contract Law

Contract Law is the branch of law that governs the creation, interpretation, performance, and enforcement of binding agreements between parties.

6.9K

Publications

459.3K

Citations

9.2K

Authors

2.5K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1.1K

Variants

Law Of Contract

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Publications

6.9K

Separation of Ownership and Control

Eugene F. Fama, Michael C. Jensen · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1983 · 19.1K citations

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Transaction-Cost Economics: The Governance of Contractual Relations

Oliver E. Williamson · The Journal of Law and Economics · 1979 · 10.1K citations

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The Costs and Benefits of Ownership: A Theory of Vertical and Lateral Integration

Sanford J. Grossman, Oliver Hart · Journal of Political Economy · 1986 · 9.5K citations · Full text

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Moral Hazard and Observability

Bengt Holmström · The Bell Journal of Economics · 1979 · 8.5K citations

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Comparative Economic Organization: The Analysis of Discrete Structural Alternatives

Oliver E. Williamson · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1991 · 7.1K citations

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Authors

9.2K

  1. RE
    Robert E. Scott

    Mayo Clinic, United States

    31 publications · 2.3K citations

    22

    h-index

  2. EA
    Eric A. Posner

    University of Chicago, United States

    25 publications · 2.2K citations

    20

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  3. OB
    Omri Ben‐Shahar

    University of Chicago, United States

    26 publications · 985 citations

    20

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  4. AS
    Alan Schwartz

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

    18

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  5. HC
    Hugh Collins

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    15 publications · 509 citations

    15

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Institutions

2.5K

  1. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    55 h-index

    149 publications

    15K citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    40 h-index

    128 publications

    8K citations

  3. Chicago Kent College of Law

    Chicago, United States

    39 h-index

    80 publications

    5.5K citations

  4. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    36 h-index

    85 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    35 h-index

    96 publications

    6.4K citations

  6. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    54 publications

    5.4K citations

  7. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    29 h-index

    61 publications

    8.3K citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    28 h-index

    75 publications

    4.3K citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 632 publications · 26.7K citations

    72

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  2. The Journal of Law Economics and Organization

    LEO · 53 publications · 5.5K citations

    36

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  3. The Yale Law Journal

    58 publications · 6.8K citations

    35

    h-index

  4. The Journal of Legal Studies

    JLS · 61 publications · 4.7K citations

    30

    h-index

  5. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 87 publications · 3.7K citations

    30

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See also

Contract Law

Formation

Remedies

Performance

Defenses

Interpretation