Major Publications of William C. Whitford

Books:

Revisiting the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay: On the Empirical and the Lyrical (co-edited with J. Braucher & J. Kidwell), Hart Publishing (U.K.) 2013.
Consumer Credit, Debt, and Bankruptcy, (co-edited J. Niemi, and I. Ramsay), Hart Publishing (U.K.) 2009.
Contracts: Law in Action (with S. Macaulay, J. Kidwell & M. Galanter), Lexis/Nexis, 1st ed. 1995; 2nd ed. 2003., 3rd. ed. 2010 (S. Macaulay, J. Braucher & J. Kidwell) (LexisNexis).
Consumer Bankruptcy in Global Perspective (co-edited with J. Niemi-Kiesilainen & I. Ramsay), Hart Publishing (U.K), 2003.

Articles:

“Jean Braucher’s Contracts World View”, Arizona L. Rev. (forthcoming 2016).

“The Development of Contracts: Law in Action”, 87 Temple L. Rev. 793 (2015)(with Stewart Macaulay).

“ Jim Jones: A Teacher, a Mentor, and an Inspiration to Law Students”, 2013 Wis. L. Rev. 747.

“Small Ball”, 90 Texas L. Rev. See also 9 (2011)(http://www.texaslrev.com/seealso/vol/90/responses/whitford).

“Hoffman v. Red Owl Stores: The Rest of the Story”, 61 Hastings L.J. 801 (2010)(with S. Macaulay). 

“Introduction” in J.Niemi, I. Ramsay & W. Whitford, Consumer Credit, Debt and Bankruptcy (Hart Publishing, U.K., 2009) (with J. Niemi and I. Ramsay).

“A History of the Automobile Lender Provisions of BAPCPA”, 2007 Ill.L.Rev. 143.

“Changing Ambitions for Law in East Africa”, 25 Wis. Int. L.J. 261 (2007).

“Relational Contracts and the New Formalism”, 2004 Wisconsin L. Rev. 631.

“ProCD v. Zeidenberg in Context”, 2004 Wisconsin L.Rev. 821.  [This is a published transcript of an interview I conducted with defendant and his lawyer in a leading contracts case.]
 
“Introduction”, in J. Niemi-Kiesilainen, I. Ramsay, & W. Whitford (eds.) Consumer Bankruptcy in a Global Perspective (Hart Publishing, U.K., 2003)(with J. Niemi-Kiesilainen & I. Ramsay). 

“A Comparison of British and American Attitudes Towards the Exercise of Judicial Discretion in Contract Law”, in Hugh Collins & David Campbell (eds.), Implicit Dimensions of Contracts (Hart Publishing, U.K., 2003).

“The Role of the Jury (and the Fact/Law Distinction) In the Interpretation of Written Contracts”, 2001 Wisconsin L. Rev. 931.

“The Rule of Law”, 2000 Wisconsin Law Review 723.

“Secured Creditors and Consumer Bankruptcy In the United States”,  37 York L. J. 339(1999).

“Remarkable”, 76 North Carolina L. Rev. 1639 (1998).

"A Black Critique of the Internal Revenue Code", 1996 Wis. L. Rev. 751(with Beverly Moran).

"Changing Definitions of Fresh Start in American Bankruptcy Law", 20 J. Consumer Policy 179-198(1997).

"Contract Law and the Control of Standardized Terms in Consumer Contracts: An American Report", 3 European Rev. of Private Law 193 (1995) (part of the proceedings of a conference entitled "The Impact of European Integration on Private Law: The Case of the Directive on Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts", held at the European University Institute, Florence, 29-30 September, 1994).
"The Ideal of Individualized Justice: Consumer Bankruptcy As Consumer Protection, and Consumer Protection in Consumer Bankruptcy", 68 Am. Bank.L.J. 397 (1994).

"What's Right About Chapter 11", 72 Wash.U.L.Rev. 1379 (1994).

"Compensating Unsecured Creditors For Extraordinary Bankruptcy Reorganization Risks", 72 Wash.U.L.Rev. 1133 (1994)(with L.LoPucki).

"Patterns in the Bankruptcy Reorganization of Large, Publicly Held Companies", 78 Cornell L. Rev. 597 (1993)(with L.LoPucki).

"Corporate Governance in the Bankruptcy Reorganization of Large, Publicly Held Companies", 141 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 669 (1993)(with L. LoPucki).

"Preemptive Cramdown", 65 Am. Bank. L.J. 625 (1991)(with L. LoPucki).

"Venue Choice and Forum Shopping in the Bankruptcy Reorganization of Large, Publicly Held Companies", 1991 Wis. L. Rev. 401 (with L. LoPucki).

"Bargaining Over Equity's Share in the Bankruptcy Reorganization of Large, Publicly Held Companies", 139 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 125 (1990) (with L. LoPucki).

"Has the Time Come to Repeal Chapter 13," 65 Indiana L.J. 85 (1989).

"Critical Empiricism," 14 Law & Social Inquiry 61 (1989).

"Lowered Horizons:  Implementation Research in a post-CLS World," 1986 Wis. L. Rev. 755.

"The Appropriate Role of Security Interests in Consumer Transactions," 7 Cardozo L. Rev. 959 (1986).

"Ian Macneil's Contribution to Contracts Scholarship," 1985 Wis. L. Rev. 545.

"The Small Case Procedure of the United States Tax Court: A Successful Small Claims Court," 4 A.B.F.R.J. 797 (1985).

"Comment on a Theory of the Consumer Product Warranty," 91 Yale L.J. 1371 (1982).

"Structuring Consumer Protection Legislation to Maximize Effectiveness," 1981 Wis. L. Rev. 1018.

"The Enforcement of Consumer Law in the United States," European Consumer Law:  Prospects for Integration of Consumer Law and Policy in the European Community, (Brussels, 1982 Bourgoignie T., ed.).

"A Critique of the Consumer Credit Collection system," 1979 Wis. L. Rev. 1047.

"The Impact of Judicializing Repossession: The Wisconsin Consumer Act Revisited," 1978 Wis. L. Rev. 983 (with Charles Grau).

"The Impact of Denying Self-Help Repossession of Automobiles: A Case Study of the Wisconsin Consumer Act," 1975 Wis. L. Rev. 607 (with H. Laufer).

"Why Process Consumer Complaints?  A Case Study of the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance of Wisconsin," 1974 Wis. L. Rev. 639 (with S. Kimball).

"The Functions of Disclosure Regulation in Consumer Transactions," 1973 Wis. L. Rev. 400.

Review of Macneil, Cases and Materials on Contracts, 57 Cornell L. Rev. 855 (1972).

"The Physician, The Law and The Drug Abuser," 119 U. Pa. L. Rev. 933 (1971).

Review of Schlesinger, Formation of Contracts: A Study of the Common Core of Legal Systems, 1970 Wis. L. Rev. 234.

"Products Liability," in National Commission on Product Safety, Supplemental Studies, Vol. III, p. 221 (1970).

"Reform of Private Law in East Africa," (with Y.P. Ghai), Mawazo. Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 43 (1969).

"The Impact of the Tanzania Hire Purchase Act," (with S. Piccitto), 2 Eastern Africa L. Rev. II (1969).

"The Treaty for East African Cooperation and the Unification of Commercial Laws," 1 Eastern Africa L. Rev. 115 (1968).

"Law and the Consumer Transaction:  A Case Study of the Automobile Warranty," 1968 Wis. L. Rev. 1006.

"Strict Products Liability and the Automobile Industry:  Much Ado About Nothing," 1968 Wis. L. Rev. 83.