Bernstein
Lisa Bernstein
Commercial-law scholar of private ordering, trade usage, and relational contracts
Official Source Note
The University of Chicago Law School lists Bernstein as Wilson-Dickinson Professor of Law and describes her research in contracts and commercial law, with emphasis on supply chains, relational contracting, private dispute resolution, and the relationship between business practice and public law.
Bernstein is included because her empirical studies of merchant institutions test how reputation, contract design, trade associations, and specialized forums support private ordering.
Source: University of Chicago Law School
Relevance to the Archive
Bernstein supplies evidence for studying private ordering as an institutional choice, including the limits of trade usage, the role of reputation, and the relationship between formal contracts and business practice.
Representative Contributions
- Opting Out of the Legal System (1992)
- Merchant Law in a Merchant Court (1996)
- Private Commercial Law in the Cotton Industry (2001)
Works Included Here
1992
Advanced
Opting Out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry
Lisa Bernstein
Journal of Legal Studies