Professor Keith Rowley to Speak at Conference on Empirical Legal Studies

Keith A. Rowley is a William S. Boyd Professor of Law.

On Nov. 8, Professor Rowley will be on a Contracts I panel at the 9th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies (CELS) at the UC Berkeley School of Law.

CELS, launched in 2006, developed in response to growing interest in the empirical study of law in law schools and other disciplinary fields.

Professor Rowley writes primarily in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and law and popular culture. 

Professor Keith Rowley Presents at Symposium to Honor Professor Charles L. Knapp’s 50th Year of Law Teaching

Keith A. Rowley is a William S. Boyd Professor of Law.

On Oct. 24, Professor Rowley delivered the Marvin Anderson Lecture, “Contracts for Geniuses (and Mere Mortals),” at the University of California Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.

The lecture was given as a part of the Symposium to Honor Professor Charles L. Knapp’s 50th Year of Law Teaching.

Professor Rowley writes primarily in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and law and popular culture.

Professor Keith Rowley to Attend ABA Business Law Section Annual Meeting

Keith A. Rowley is a William S. Boyd Professor of Law.

From Sept. 11 to 13, Rowley will attend the inaugural American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section Annual Meeting in Chicago, where he'll participate in working meetings of the Commercial Finance, Consumer Financial Services, Cyberspace, and Uniform Commercial Code committees.

The meeting also provides Rowley with the opportunity to network with practitioners, judges, fellow academics, and subject-matter experts about advanced or cutting-edge topics in his primary teaching and research areas.

Rowley currently writes primarily in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and law and popular culture. 

Cambridge University Press Publishes Professor Rowley's Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives

The Boyd School of Law is very pleased to announce that Cambridge University Press recently published Commercial Contract Law: Transatlantic Perspectives, edited by Professor Keith Rowley (with Larry A. DiMatteo, Qi Zhou, and Severine Saintier).

Commercial Contract Law focuses on the law of commercial contracts as constructed by the U.S. and UK legal systems and includes original scholarship that highlights current debates and trends from the two dominant common law systems. The chapters approach the subject areas from a variety of perspectives – doctrinal analysis, law and economic analysis, and social-legal studies, as well as other theoretical perspectives.

Commercial Contract Law covers the major themes that underlie the key debates relating to commercial contract law: role of consent; normative theories of contract law; contract design and good faith; implied terms and interpretation; policing contract behavior; misrepresentation, breach, and remedies; and the regional and international harmonization of contract law. Contributors provide insights on the many commonalities, but more interestingly, on the key divergences of the United States and United Kingdom's approaches to numerous areas of contract law. Such a comparative analysis provides a basis for future developments and improvements of commercial contract law in both countries, as well as other countries that are members of the common law systems.

Congratulations, Keith!