Relational Formalism and the Construction of Financial Instruments

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American Business Law JournalVolume 48, Issue 2 p. 371-407 Relational Formalism and the Construction of Financial Instruments Jonathan Yovel, Jonathan Yovel *Senior research scholar, Yale Law School; Professor of Law, Haifa Law School; Member, Israel Standard Contracts Tribunal. I am grateful for the inspiring hospitality of Yale Law School, a true “community of scholars and society of friends,” as well as to Haifa Law School. In embarking on this project I have benefited greatly from the challenging and generous mentoring of Neil Cohen. For critical comments I am likewise grateful to Aharon Barak, Lior Barshak, Phillip Hamburger, Menachem Mautner, Eric Posner, Yoram Shachar, and Larry Solan, as well as for the cordial support of Larry Solum. Earlier versions of this article were presented during a sabbatical at Columbia Law School and at workshops at the University of Connecticut Law School, Humboldt University in Berlin, Haifa Law School, the Interdisciplinary Center, and at the 2007 Law and Society presidential panel on empirical research on contract law honoring Stuart Macaulay.Search for more papers by this author Jonathan Yovel, Jonathan Yovel *Senior research scholar, Yale Law School; Professor of Law, Haifa Law School; Member, Israel Standard Contracts Tribunal. I am grateful for the inspiring hospitality of Yale Law School, a true “community of scholars and society of friends,” as well as to Haifa Law School. In embarking on this project I have benefited greatly from the challenging and generous mentoring of Neil Cohen. For critical comments I am likewise grateful to Aharon Barak, Lior Barshak, Phillip Hamburger, Menachem Mautner, Eric Posner, Yoram Shachar, and Larry Solan, as well as for the cordial support of Larry Solum. Earlier versions of this article were presented during a sabbatical at Columbia Law School and at workshops at the University of Connecticut Law School, Humboldt University in Berlin, Haifa Law School, the Interdisciplinary Center, and at the 2007 Law and Society presidential panel on empirical research on contract law honoring Stuart Macaulay.Search for more papers by this author First published: 19 May 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-1714.2011.01117.xCitations: 4 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume48, Issue2Summer 2011Pages 371-407 RelatedInformation