Inland Trading Cities and the Origins of Shipping Law
Coastal ports handled more cargo but produced looser contracts. Piedmont cities, forced to solve multimodal handoffs, wrote the clauses that still travel.
BusinessUnjust Enrichment: Who Gets Paid When a Contract Collapses
When a long-term contract falls apart, contract law often stops short. Unjust enrichment steps in to decide who recovers what, and why it matters.