Program

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Registration

6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
AALS Reception

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Theme: Teaching

8:45 - 9:00 a.m.
Welcome
N. William Hines, University of Iowa and AALS President

Introduction
Robert A. Hillman, Cornell Law School, Chair, Planning Committee for 2005 AALS Conference on Contract Law
Daniel Louis Keating, Washington University, Chair, Planning Committee for 2005 AALS Conference on Commercial Law at the Crossroads

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Joint Plenary of Conferences on Commercial Law and Contract Law

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Clayton P. Gillette, New York University - view outline
Juliet M. Moringiello, Widener University - view outline
William C. Whitford, University of Wisconsin - view outline
Moderator: Daniel Louis Keating, Washington University

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Intellectual Property Meets Commercial Law
Peter A. Alces, College of William and Mary - view outline 1, view outline 2
Jonathan C. Lipson, University of Baltimore - view outline
Xuan-Thao Nguyen, Southern Methodist University - view outline
Moderator: Charles W. Mooney, Jr., University of Pennsylvania - view outline

12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Joint AALS Sponsored Luncheon for Conferences on Commercial Law and Contract Law

Role of Contract Enforcement in Developing Economies
Michael Trebilcock, University of Toronto

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Teaching About Payment Systems Technology
Stephanie Heller, Esquire, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York, New York
Edward Jacob Janger, Brooklyn Law School
Douglas J. Whaley, The Ohio State University - view outline
Moderator: Veryl Victoria Miles, The Catholic University of America

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions on Teaching

5:15 - 7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Theme: Scholarship

9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
Joint Plenary of Conferences on Commercial Law and Contract Law

Implications of Limited Rationality for Contract and Commercial Law
Danielle Kie Hart, Southwestern University - view outline
Manuel A. Utset, University of Utah - view outline
Moderator: Robert A. Hillman, Cornell Law School

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Private Lawmaking
Llewellyn Joseph Gibbons, University of Toledo
Terence C. Halliday, Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, Illinois - view outline
Alan Schwartz, Yale Law School
Moderator: Susan Block-Lieb, Fordham University

12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Joint AALS Sponsored Luncheon for Conferences on Commercial Law and Contract Law
Richard E. Speidel, Northwestern University

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Empirical Scholarship in Commercial Law
Lee Epstein, Washington University - view Supplementary Materials
Iain D.C. Ramsay, Osgoode Hall Law School - view outline
Teresa A. Sullivan, The University of Texas - view outline
Moderator: Daniel Louis Keating, Washington University

3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break

3:45 - 5:15 p.m.
Small Group Discussions on Scholarship

5:15 - 7:00 p.m.
AALS Reception

Friday, June 17, 2005

Theme: New Developments

9:00-10:30 a.m.
Globalization of Commercial Law
Amelia H. Boss, Temple University - view outline
Neil B. Cohen, Brooklyn Law School
Steve L. Harris, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Roderick A. Macdonald, McGill University - view outline
Moderator: Susan Block-Lieb, Fordham University

10:30 - 10:45 a.m.
Refreshment Break

10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Consumer Protection
Jean Braucher, The University of Arizona - view outline
Charles W. Mooney, Jr., University of Pennsylvania - view outline
William J. Woodward, Jr., Temple University - view outline, view supplementary materials
Moderator: Veryl Victoria Miles, The Catholic University of America

12:15 -1:45 p.m.
AALS Luncheon

2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
The New (Improved?) UCC
Edward Jacob Janger, Brooklyn Law School
William H. Henning, The University of Alabama
Linda J. Rusch, Hamline University - view outline
Moderator: Charles W. Mooney, Jr., University of Pennsylvania