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47 Ariz. L. Rev. 871 (2005)
Sex, Lies, and the Duty to Disclose

handle is hein.journals/arz47 and id is 883 raw text is: SEX, LIES, AND THE DUTY TO DISCLOSE Michelle Oberman* Introduction ..........................................................................................................872 I. The Narrowest Framing of the Duty to Disclose: The Nineteenth-Century Reign of Caveat Emptor .................................................................................................874 A. The Common Law Doctrine of Caveat Emptor..........................................874 B. The Expansion of the Affirmative Duty to Disclose...................................876 C. Policy Justifications for an Expansive Duty to Disclose ............................882 1. Arm's-Length Transactions....................................................................882 2. Disclosure Duties in Transactions Between Fiduciaries or Confidants.. 884 II. Deception and Disclosure in Agreements Between Intimates.........................886 A. Negotiating Access to Sexual Intimacy: Deception, Disclosure, and the Problem of Sexual Fraud.................................................................................887 B. Misrepresentations Regarding One's Fertility and Sexual Health Status ...891 C. Summary.....................................................................................................893 III. Judicial Responses to Contracts Made Between Unmarried Cohabitants: Winking and Scolding..........................................................................................893 A. Legal Enforcement of Promises Made in the Context of Committed Relationships...................................................................................................893 B. The Disclosure Problem in Contracts Made in Long-Term Nonmarital Relationships...................................................................................................897 IV. Contracts Made upon the Dissolution of a Relationship: The Duty to Disclose in Paternity-Related Settlements ..........................................................................899 A. Common Law Governing Paternity Settlements ........................................900 * Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 2004 Law & Society Annual Meeting, at the 2005 Berkeley Conference on Socio-Economics, and at the Santa Clara University School of Law's Center for Social Justice & Public Service. I am grateful to Katharine Baker, whose wisdom and guidance nurtures me always. Special thanks also are due to those who provided extensive comments on drafts of this article: Mary Becker, June Carbone, Joel Frader, Mark Gergen, Hila Keren, Larry Marshall, Gary Neustadter, and Dick Speidel. In addition, I was blessed with the help of seemingly tireless research assistants: Kevin Curran, J.D., DePaul University (2005); Kim Nicol, J.D., Santa Clara University (2005); and Alison Gorczyca, J.D. candidate, Santa Clara University (2007). The insights and arguments of Matthew Gray, of the Arizona Law Review, played a vital role in strengthening this piece. Finally, I am indebted both to Dean Glen Weissenberger, DePaul University College of Law, and to Dean Donald Polden, Santa Clara University School of Law, for support of my research.

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