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Kelly, Michael
Books
- Remedies: A Contemporary Approach (6th ed., West Academic Publishing 2024) (with Weaver, Partlett & Cardi)
- Principles of Remedies Law (4th ed., West Academic Publishing 2022) (with Russell L. Weaver)
- Remedies: A Contemporary Approach (5th ed., West Academic Publishing 2020) (with Weaver, Parlett & Cardi)
- Principles of Remedies Law (3rd ed., West Academic Publishing 2017) (with Weaver & Shoben)
- Contract Law in Focus (Wolters Kluwer 2016) (with Ponte)
- Inside Contract Law: What Matters and Why (Wolters Kluwer 2010)
- Contracts: Aspen Roadmap Law Course Outline (Aspen Law & Business 1997)
Journal Articles
- What Makes the Collateral Source Rule Different?, 39 Akron Law Review 1171 (2006)
- Who Knows?, 42 San Diego Law Review 841 (2005)
- Do Punitive Damages Compensate Society?, 40 San Diego Law Review 1429 (2004)
- It's Not My Job!, 36 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 887 (2003)
- Reflections on Remedies, 39 Brandeis Law Review 547 (2001)
- The Phantom Reliance Interest in Tort Damages, 38 San Diego Law Review 169 (2001)
- Reflections on Barnett's Contracts: Cases and Doctrine, 20 University of Seattle Law Review 343 (1997)
- Defendant's Responsibility to Minimize Plaintiff's Loss: A Curious Exception to the Avoidable Consequences Doctrine, 47 South Carolina Law Review 391 (1996)
- Living Without the Avoidable Consequences Doctrine in Contract Remedies, 33 San Diego Law Review 175 (1996)
- The Phantom Reliance Interest in Contract Damages, 92 Wisconsin Law Review 1755 (1992)
- The Rightful Position in 'Wrongful Life' Actions, 42 Hastings Law Journal 505 (1991)
Chapters of Books or Articles within Books
- Musings on Volkswagen, in Twenty-First Century Remedies: Comparative Perspectives (Russell L. Weaver et al ed., Carolina Academic Press 2019)

