David Hoffman
Professor of Law

Professor Dave Hoffman is a widely-cited scholar who focuses his research and teaching on contract law. His work is typically interdisciplinary, built through collaboration with co-authors from a variety of fields.
Books
CONTRACT AND RELATED OBLIGATION: THEORY, DOCTRINE, AND PRACTICE (7th ed., West 2016) (with Robert S. Summers & Robert A. Hillman).
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Articles and Book Chapters
Transactional Scripts in Contract Stacks, 105 MINN. L. REV. 319 (2020) (with Shaanan Cohney).
Hushing Contracts, 94 WASH. U. L. REV. 165 (2019) (with Erik Lampmann).
Relational Contracts of Adhesion, 85 U. CHI. L. REV. 1395 (2018).
Contract Consideration and Behavior, 85 GEO. WASH. L. REV. 351 (2017) (with Zev J. Eigen).
From Promise to Form: How Contracting Online Changes Consumers, 91 N.Y.U. L. REV. 1595 (2016).
The Common Sense of Contract Formation, 67 STAN. L. REV. 1269 (2015) (with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan).
Whither Bespoke Procedure?, 2014 U. ILL. L. REV. 389 (2014).
Litigating Toward Settlement, 29 J. L. ECON. & ORG. 898 (2013) (with Christina L. Boyd).
The Psychology of Contract Precautions, 80 U. CHI. L. REV. 395 (2013) (with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan).
A Core of Agreement, 77 U. CHI. L. REV. 1655 (2010) (with Donald Braman & Dan M. Kahan).
Disputing Limited Liability, 104 NW. U. L. REV. 853 (2010) (with Christina L. Boyd).
Breach is for Suckers, 63 VAND. L. REV. 1003 (2010) (with Tess Wilkinson-Ryan).
Wikitruth Through Wikiorder, 59 EMORY L. J. 151 (2009) (with Salil K. Mehra).
The Best Puffery Article Ever, 91 IOWA L. REV. 1395 (2006).
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Working Papers
The Social Cost of Contract (June 25, 2020). U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 20-42 (with Cathy Hwang) (forthcoming)
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Research Areas
- Contracts
- Law and Psychology
- Empirical Analysis of Law
Courses
- Contracts
- Advanced Topics in Contracts
- Corporations