Larry T. Garvin, B.A., B.S., M.S., J.D.
The Leon M. McCorkle Jr. Professorship in Commercial Law
Education
- BA, Michigan State University, History, 1983 (with honors)
- BS, Michigan State University, Physiology and Biochemistry, 1983 (with honors)
- MS, University of Michigan, Neurosciences, 1986
- JD, Yale Law School, 1989
Biography
Teaches:
- Contracts
- Sales and Leases
- Small Business
- Entrepreneurial Finance
Research Interests:
- Contracts and commercial law, especially using neo-classical and behavioral economics
Previous Professional Experience:
- Associate Professor, Florida State University College of Law
- Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Florida State University College of Law
- Visiting Associate Professor, University of Texas Law School; Washington University School of Law, St. Louis
- Associate, Shea and Gardner, Washington, D.C.
- Law Clerk, Hon. Edward N. Cahn, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Awards/Achievements:
- Commissioner on Uniform State Laws, 2005-present
- Chair, Section on Commercial and Related Consumer Law, Association of American Law Schools, 2005
- Managing Editor, The Yale Law Journal
- Article Editor, Yale Journal on Regulation
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E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil B. Cohen, Richard Brooks & Larry Garvin, Cases and Materials on Contracts ((10th ed., 2023)
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Larry Garvin, A Comment on Snyder, Contracting for Process, 85 Law & Contemp. Probs. 277 (2022)
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E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil Cohen, Richard Brooks & Larry Garvin, Cases and Materials on Contracts ((9th ed., 2019)
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Daniel D. Barnhizer, Scott J. Burnham, Charles R. Calleros, Larry Garvin et al., The Best and Worst of Contract Decisions: An Anthology, 45 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 887 (2018)
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William D. Hawkland, Carl Bjerre & Larry Garvin, Hawkland’s Uniform Commercial Code Series, vols. 1 & 2 ((2017)
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E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil B. Cohen, Richard R.W. Brooks & Larry Garvin, Selections for Contracts ((2016)
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E. Allan Farnsworth, Carol Sanger, Neil Cohen, Richard Brooks & Larry Garvin, Cases and Materials on Contracts ((8th ed., 2013)
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Larry Garvin, Globe Refining Co. v. Landa Cotton Oil Co. and the Dark Side of Reputation, 12 Nev. L.J. 659 (2012)
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Larry Garvin, Contract Theory and Contract Law, in Jurisprudence (2012; in Chinese)
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Larry Garvin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 62 Bus. Law. 1559 (2007)
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Larry Garvin, The Strange Death of Academic Commercial Law, 68 Ohio St. L.J. 403 (2007)
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Larry Garvin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 61 Bus. Law. 1545 (2006)
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Larry Garvin, Commercial Calamities: An Introduction and Sermon, 68 Ohio St. L.J. 1 (2006)
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Robyn L. Meadows, Keith A. Rowley, Larry Garvin & Carolyn L. Dessin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 60 Bus. Law. 1639 (2005)
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Robyn L. Meadows, Carolyn L. Dessin & Larry Garvin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 59 Bus. Law. 1557 (2004)
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Larry Garvin, Uncertainty and Error in the Law of Sales: The Article Two Statute of Limitations, 83 B.U. L. Rev. 345 (2003)
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Robyn L. Meadows, Larry Garvin & Carolyn L. Dessin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 58 Bus. Law. 1545 (2003)
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Leo L. Clarke, John F. Dolan, Larry Garvin & et al., Secured Transactions and Payment Systems: Problems and Answers ((2nd ed., 2003)
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Robyn L. Meadows, Larry Garvin & Carolyn L. Dessin, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 57 Bus. Law. 1669 (2002)
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John D. Wladis, Larry Garvin, Martin A. Kotler & Robyn L. Meadows, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 56 Bus. Law. 1747 (2001)
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John D. Wladis, Larry Garvin, Robyn L. Meadows, Veryl L. Miles & Mark E. Roszkowski, Uniform Commercial Code Survey: Sales, 55 Bus. Law. 1951 (2000)
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Larry Garvin, The Changed (and Changing?) Uniform Commercial Code, 26 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 285 (1999)