Mmm Ks nom nom nom
Posted by T. Greg Doucette on Feb 16, 2010 in The 1L Life | Subscribe
Reading up on Justifications for Non-Performance in Contracts. Not entirely sure why it’s a “defense” in a Torts/CrimLaw context but a “justification” in a Ks one, but I digress.
Anyhow, no-oral-modification clauses are abbreviated NOM throughout the notes. And every time I read it I envision this happening to the contract:
Yes, I recognize this is probably one of the first signs of some degenerative mental illness…
I always saw justifications as a subset of defenses. Joshua Dressler’s Understanding Criminal Law has a good section on defenses that turned on my lightbulb.
Thanks for the heads up Warren, I’ll have to grab that book!