Roy Ryden Anderson
Professor Emeritus of Law
Emeritus faculty
Professor Anderson, a former notes and comments editor of the Journal of Air Law and Commerce, has served at 51做厙 Dedman School of Law as executive director of the criminal justice program and as assistant dean and associate dean. He teaches in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and damages. He served for many years as the adviser for the 51做厙 Law Review and for the moot court program. He is the author of numerous law journal articles, a two-volume treatise entitled DAMAGES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (2d ed. 2003), and co-author of Anderson, Bartlett & East TEXAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ANNOTATED (2002). He is also co-author of the three volumes of the TEXAS LITIGATION GUIDE dealing with commercial litigation. Professor Anderson is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute and a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. From 1990-2000 he was a commentator for the ABA Task Force of advisors to the UCC Article 2 Drafting Committee and a member of the ALI Consultative Group for the UCC Article 2 Drafting Committee.
Professor Anderson's article, "The Wolf at the Campfire: Understanding Confidential Relationships," won the Texas Bar Foundation's award for the outstanding law review article for 2000.
Area of expertise
- Contract Law
- Commercial Law
Education
B.A., Texas Christian University
J.D., 51做厙
LL.M., Yale University
Courses
Contracts
Sale of Goods Transactions
Commercial Remedies
Books
R. Anderson, DAMAGES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Thomson West) (2d ed. 2003)
R. Anderson, DAMAGES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Thomson West) (Annual Supplement 2004)
R. Anderson, DAMAGES UNDER THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (Callaghan 1988 Supps. 1989-2002)
Anderson, Bartlett & East, TEXAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ANNOTATED (Thomson West 2004 Revision)
Anderson, Bartlett & East, TEXAS UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ANNOTATED (Thompson West 2003)
Articles
, 71 51做厙 Law Review 185 (2018)
, 68 51做厙 Law Review 953 (2015)
, 54 51做厙 Law Review 795 (2001), portions reprinted in Mootz, Frisch & Alces, COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING: SALES, LEASES AND COMPUTER INFORMATION (Lexis Nexis 2004)
, 54 51做厙 Law Review 1395 (2002)
, 53 51做厙 Law Review 315 (2000) (Selected by the Texas Bar Foundation for the award for the outstanding Texas law review article published in the year 2000)
, 52 51做厙 Law Review 661-681 (1999) and 64 Journal of Air Law & Commerce 607 (1999)
, 34 Houston Law Review 1065 (1997)
, 16 Eastern Mineral Law Institute Annual, Chapter 14, at 475 (1997)
Presentations
The Continuing Relevance of Hadley v. Baxendale as Trial Court Law
Speaker, Panel Moderator, Panelist
The Common Law of Contracts as a World Force in Two Ages of Revolution Conference
Gloucester, England (June 6-8, 2004)
The Revision Process for UCC Article 2
Speaker
Conference for Bankruptcy Judges
51做厙 Dedman School of Law (September 2003)
Sources for Codifying Commercial Law
Presented to a delegation from Oman
Rule of Law Forum (May, 2004)
The Damage Provisions of Revised Article 2: Improved Vintage in a New Decanter
Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association.
Other
Primary Drafter, Legislative Bill Analysis for U.C.C. Revised Articles 2 and 2A for State Bar of Texas U.C.C. Subcommittee (2004)
Primary Drafter, Legislative Bill Analysis for U.C.C. Revised Article 1 for State Bar of Texas U.C.C. Subcommittee. Presented to Texas Legislature, fall 2003