Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
ISSN
0004-153X
Publisher
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Language
en-US
Abstract
This Article tracks the ongoing adaptation of U.S. contract law to the 1990s’ contraction of the welfare state. Some courts strive to compensate for the shortage of welfare services and to pursue redistributive goals. This Article provides examples of this trend and then analyzes the non-linear relation between doctrines, judicial redistribution, and welfare politics in both case law and scholarship. Finally, this Article discusses the role of socially sensitive judicial discourse in light of contemporary welfare politics and explains its continuing importance.
Recommended Citation
Daniela Caruso,
Contract Law and Distribution in the Age of Welfare Reform
,
in
49
Arizona Law Review
665
(2007).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/2735
Included in
Contracts Commons, Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Commons, Legal Writing and Research Commons, Social Welfare Law Commons
