Iris Murdoch, preaching to me on the job market (albeit without gender-neutral pronouns)

Excited to be on the job market with a paper about a question I have obsessed over since 2015: what is going on with foreseeability in contract? I argue two distinct ideas are at work, offering guidance for courts and practitioners and a lesson for theory papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

On father’s day, I’m grateful for this guy, master of the afternoon nap. (That’s a painting by my aunt, we need an aunt day too)

Back from a social media break to share a new piece on the Raz-Hart debate. Thank you to so many who helped with this project, especially @glexareen.bsky.social and @drjoshdoeslaw.bsky.social. I'm working on a follow up, there's much more to say on all this.

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I took a two month or so break from social media, can recommend. But I am back - I’ve missed you all. Here, have a picture of the puppy attending my contracts seminar this term.

New (or revised) Paper out! I explore a tension between two ways in which originalism conceives of "lawfinding". Coming to a law journal near you.
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Following her example this week. Happy holidays to all, see you in 2025!

Happy thanksgiving ❤️

Instagram’s ToS changes in January. It includes waivers of all kinds, including of class arbitration, as one might expect. And it of course also contains the usual arbitration provisions. There’s this opting out procedure, sharing here in case you want to opt out:

Don’t really know what to do or say about the news cycle, but I thought this is pretty funny.