OCU LAW - Faculty - Richard E. Coulson

Richard E. Coulson
Professor of Law

E-mail: Richard E. Coulson
Phone: (405) 208-5160

Office Hours:

Drop by anytime Monday - Friday except one hour before class and during class times. By appointment.

Subjects:
Contracts, Remedies, Comparative Law, Legal History

Research:

Focuses on the use of comparative law and legal history for a modestly theoretical look at commercial and other private law topics.

Links to Syllabi:

Fall 2007 Contracts Syllabus

Links for Contracts:

Minefield of Consumer Financial Services Law

"The Minefield of Consumer Financial Services Law" chart is offered here by permission of the creators of the chart,

Eric L. Johnson and James A. McCaffrey of Phillips, McFall, McCaffery, McVay & Murrah, P.C., Oklahoma City, OK.

Education:
B.A., J.D., Oklahoma City University.

Background:
Professor Coulson clerked for Chief Judge A. P. Murrah of the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. He has served on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, by appointment of President James E. Carter; he chaired the Oklahoma Governor's Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, by appointment of then-Governor David L. Boren; was special master for Oklahoma's federal courts in the remedies portion of a large employment discrimination pattern and practice action; and was a judge for the Temporary Division of the Oklahoma Court of Appeals. He is active as a commercial arbitrator. He was in private practice in commercial law and bankruptcy reorganization. He is a member of the American Society of Legal History, the Selden Society, a director of the American Society of Comparative Law, and an editor of The American Journal of Comparative Law.

Publications:

Choice of Law in United States Cross-Border Insolvencies, 59 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 67-84 (2005).
Choice of Law in United States Cross-Border Insolvencies, 32 DEN. J. INT’L L. & POL’Y 275-314 (2004).
Private Law Codes and the Uniform Commercial Code — Comments on History, 27 OKLA. CITY U. L. REV. 615-29 (2002).
Consumer Bankruptcy Developments, 56 BUS. LAW. 1265-85 (2001) (with Alvin C. Harrell).
Consumer Bankruptcy Developments, 54 BUS. LAW. 1433-52 (1999) (with Alvin C. Harrell).
Consumer Abuse of Bankruptcy: An Evolving Philosophy of Debtor Qualification for Bankruptcy Discharge, 62 ALB. L. REV. 467-542 (1998).
Fraudulent Transfers: History, Overview, and Developments — State Law, 50 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 45-56 (1996).
“New Value” and the Absolute Priority Rule in Chapter 11 Cramdowns, 48 CONSUMER FIN. L.Q. REP. 220-26 (1994).
The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the Control of Law-Making — A Historical Essay, 16 OKLA. CITY U. L. REV. 295-345 (1992).
Is Contractual Arbitration an Unconstitutional Waiver of the Right to Trial by Jury in Oklahoma?, 16 OKLA. CITY U. L. REV. 1-39 (1991).

Additional Publications

Address:

OCU School of Law
2501 N. Blackwelder
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73106