The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge

I have an avid interest in the laws of the game of bridge. This page contains links relating to the laws and to appeals committees which are called upon to interpret and apply those laws.

I curently serve as chairman of the ACBL’s National Appeals Committee, vice-chair of the ACBL Laws Commission, and a commentator for the Appeals Casebooks that are compiled after each NABC.

Links within this site:

• NABC Appeals Summaries
  Summary analysis of NABC Appeals Casebooks from 2001 onwards.
  
  
  
• UI Form
  A form the ACBL National Appeals Committee started using at the Spring 2010 NABC.
  
  
  
• Stop Card Regulations
  A proposal regarding the use of the Stop Card in the ACBL.
  
  
  
• Reno NABC Appeals
  Both official and unoffical casebooks for the 2004 Spring NABC in Reno
  
  
  
• New York NABC Appeals
  Both official and unoffical casebooks for the 2004 Summer NABC in New York City
  
  
  
• Mixup in the Open Pairs Final in Lille in 1998
  A sidebar to an article I wrote for Bridge Today magazine.
  
  
  
• XA Draft
  A draft of a complete rewrite of the Laws of Duplicate Bridge -- never adopted.
  
  
  

Links to other sites:

• ACBL NABC Appeals Casebooks

• Denver NABC (Fall 2005) Appeals Casebook, retrieved from paper backup courtesy of Jeff Easterson
  • Cases 01-06
  • Cases 07-11
  • Cases 12-18
  • Cases 19-24
  • Cases 25-30
  • Cases 31-34

• English Bridge Union Appeals Casebooks

• Welsh Bridge Union Appeals Casebooks

• The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge, 2008 edition

• The Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge, 1997 edition

• An editorial from Edgar Kaplan at The Bridge World