Mark Twain’s famous remark, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” has become most apt in recent years as it pertains to the purported demise of the rule of caveat emptor in real estate transactions. An ancient maxim of law, caveat emptor puts a buyer on his guard to discover defects in things purchased, with no general duty by a seller to disclose defects of which he has knowledge. Despite the apparent abrogation of the concept by legislative and judicially-imposed- disclosure obligations, a new phenomenon has emerged that allows a seller of real property, or related real property services, to easily maneuver around the requirement of disclosure through strategic, rent-seeking conduct
The majority of states other than Ohio have rejected the caveat emptor doctrine and adopted an impli...
At common law, the rule of caveat emptor applied to a lease of real property. Therefore, it was the ...
Returning home from grocery shopping one evening last spring, a forty-two-year-old architect was kil...
Mark Twain’s famous remark, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” has become most apt in rec...
In the recent case of Haugen v. Netswonger the respondent, whose sawmill was encumbered and who was ...
Protection against latent defects exists for the purchaser of a forty-nine cent ball point pen under...
The development of the law of products liability is historically related to industrial growth, busi...
In this Article, Professor Allen Blair examines the enforceability of no-reliance clauses--contractu...
There are many issues in the law whose solution has an essentially economic cost. There is one issue...
THE text, which once lent authority to an essay in the law, has gone the way of studied sermon and f...
[Excerpt] “Disclaimers are a common feature of public and commercial life. While this article will b...
Years ago, caveat emptor was the rule in real estate transactions. A home buyer\u27s own inspection ...
Caveat emptor is one of the most well known maxims of the legal world. Interpreters from different c...
Jurisdictions have reassessed the validity of the common law rule of caveat emptor as it relates to ...
This note will examine the variables that effect the way that courts may limit parties’ contractual ...
The majority of states other than Ohio have rejected the caveat emptor doctrine and adopted an impli...
At common law, the rule of caveat emptor applied to a lease of real property. Therefore, it was the ...
Returning home from grocery shopping one evening last spring, a forty-two-year-old architect was kil...
Mark Twain’s famous remark, “The report of my death was an exaggeration,” has become most apt in rec...
In the recent case of Haugen v. Netswonger the respondent, whose sawmill was encumbered and who was ...
Protection against latent defects exists for the purchaser of a forty-nine cent ball point pen under...
The development of the law of products liability is historically related to industrial growth, busi...
In this Article, Professor Allen Blair examines the enforceability of no-reliance clauses--contractu...
There are many issues in the law whose solution has an essentially economic cost. There is one issue...
THE text, which once lent authority to an essay in the law, has gone the way of studied sermon and f...
[Excerpt] “Disclaimers are a common feature of public and commercial life. While this article will b...
Years ago, caveat emptor was the rule in real estate transactions. A home buyer\u27s own inspection ...
Caveat emptor is one of the most well known maxims of the legal world. Interpreters from different c...
Jurisdictions have reassessed the validity of the common law rule of caveat emptor as it relates to ...
This note will examine the variables that effect the way that courts may limit parties’ contractual ...
The majority of states other than Ohio have rejected the caveat emptor doctrine and adopted an impli...
At common law, the rule of caveat emptor applied to a lease of real property. Therefore, it was the ...
Returning home from grocery shopping one evening last spring, a forty-two-year-old architect was kil...