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    The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design
    The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design
    The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design
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    The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design

    By Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott

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    Boilerplate language in contracts tends to stick around long after its origins and purpose have been forgotten. Usually there are no serious repercussions, but sometimes it can cause unexpected problems. Such was the case with the obscure pari passu clause in cross-border sovereign debt contracts, until a novel judicial interpretation rattled international finance by forcing a defaulting sovereign—for one of the first times in the market’s centuries-long history—to repay its foreign creditors. Though neither party wanted this outcome, the vast majority of contracts subsequently issued demonstrate virtually no attempt to clarify the imprecise language of the clause.

    Using this case as a launching pad to explore the broader issue of the “stickiness” of contract boilerplate, Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott have sifted through more than one thousand sovereign debt contracts and interviewed hundreds of practitioners to show that the problem actually lies in the nature of the modern corporate law firm. The financial pressure on large firms to maintain a high volume of transactions contributes to an array of problems that deter innovation. With the near certainty of massive sovereign debt restructuring in Europe, The Three and a Half Minute Transaction speaks to critical issues facing the industry and has broader implications for contract design that will ensure it remains relevant to our understanding of legal practice long after the debt crisis has subsided.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
    Release dateNov 29, 2012
    ISBN9780226924397
    The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design

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