thecommonlaw.net provides links to organizations and sources with information and commentary about current issues in contract, tort, and property law.

This site follows up on Jay M. Feinman, UN-MAKING LAW: THE CONSERVATIVE CAMPAIGN TO ROLL BACK THE COMMON LAW (Beacon Press, 2004). (For more information on the book, click here.) The book describes how the common law evolved through the twentieth century to become more flexible and to take more account of the interests of consumers, workers, and the less powerful. Over the last twenty-five years, however, conservatives have embarked on a campaign to turn back the clock on these progressive developments and produce a more rigid and business-friendly body of law.

thecommonlaw.net is edited by Jay Feinman, Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden. (For more information on Professor Feinman, click here.)
This site is intended for informational purposes only and does not constitute the giving of legal advice. Opinions are those of the editor or the authors of individual items and should not be attributed to their institutions.

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