Dedication to Arthur Leff: For Arthur Leff

I first heard of Arthur Leff in 1967, when the University of PennsylvaniaLaw Review published his article Unconscionability and theCode-The Emperor\u27s New Clause.\u27 The author\u27s erudition was awesome;his legal analysis was formidably sophisticated; his style was graceful,witty, and irreverent. As the title itself suggested, he was out to upsetapplecarts, gore some respectable oxen, tilt gaily at one of the legal establishment\u27s most admired windmills. It seemed incredible but was true that the article represented the scholarly debut of a young man who was identified by the editors of the Law Review as Assistant Professor of Law,Washington University Law School. It was entirely clear that the ranksof Assistant Professors of Law in American Law Schools were about to bedepleted by one