Civil Rights Actions

Arthur L. Corbin (1874-1967) was a professor at Yale Law School and prolific legal scholar. He was instrumental in the development of the philosophy of legal realism, and wrote extensively on contract law, most notably in Corbin on Contracts. He was also very influential in the Restatement (Second) of Contracts and his scholarship heavily influenced the Uniform Commercial Code. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1894 and earned his law degree magna cum laude from Yale in 1899.