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SOIA MENTSCHIKOFF images, sentence after rolling sentence, still quiet but absolutely compelling. It was a performance I would see many times over the years in different variations. It was always fascinating, even when the thrust seemed wrong, or worse, was contrary to one's own dearly.Soia Mentschikoff was a Russian American lawyer, law professor, legal scholar and law school dean, best known for her work in the development and drafting of the Uniform Commercial Code. She served as dean of University of Miami School of Law. She was also the first woman to teach at Harvard Law School.Soia Mentschikoff (1915-1984) was born in Russia to American parents and moved to the United States shortly before the Revolution. She began her undergraduate degree at the age of fifteen, studying political science and English at Hunter College in New York.
This short essay is prompted by Steven Ware’s. Pr ivate Ordering and Commer-cial Arbitration, which appears elsewhere in this volume. 3. Ware’s article is a thoughtful and persuasive reflection on the importance of Soia Mentschikoff to the voluminous literature on private ordering, as well as a call to recognize the im-.In his essay, Professor Ware reexamines Soia Mentschikoff’s 1961 journal article titled “Commercial Arbitration,” while taking into account “contemporary scholarship on private ordering.” The abstract states: “Private ordering” is an important concept and commonly-used phrase in legal scholarship.
Law-The Last of the Universal Disciplines Soia Mentschikoff University of Miami School of Law. University of Miami. My work on this essay was supported by a research grant from the University of Miami School of Law. I am grateful to. For those interested in the scholarship of Soia Mentschikoff which is relevant.
