Arthur Allen Leff
Arthur Allen Leff · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Contracts scholar; influential author on unconscionability in commercial law
1935, United States — 1981, United States
United States
Arthur Allen Leff is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Contracts scholar; influential author on unconscionability in commercial law
Leff was an influential American legal scholar and Yale law professor whose 1967 article 'Unconscionability and the Code' introduced the distinction between 'procedural' and 'substantive' unconscionability that became the starting point for all later analysis of the doctrine in commercial law. His essays on ethics and law remain widely cited. He is documented as Jewish in Jewish biographical reference sources.
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Contracts scholar; influential author on unconscionability in commercial law
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Law & Jurisprudence
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