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15th June 2023

Question reblogged from argumate with 21 notes

open-road-air asked:

Not a lawyer, but iirc the American interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, a contract is created by ~two elements: a "meeting of the minds" (i.e., mutual understanding about the terms of an agreement) and an "exchange of valuable consideration" (i.e., an agreement is only a contract if it involves swapping things of value). Some quick googling suggests that the stuff I've bundled under "meeting" might be disaggregated but w/e. Paper doesn't matter! Signatures don't count!

argumate:

right, if paper and signatures were vital to the magic ritual then we wouldn’t be able to use apps for stuff

This is why bullshit unilateral “we agree to do this” contracts and deals will formally be in exchange for $1, to make them legally valid and binding. Scots law, at least, recognizes binding unilateral “promises” without this requirement, I was looking forward to seeing that come up somehow if Scotland became independent.

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    This is why bullshit unilateral "we agree to do this" contracts and deals will formally be in exchange for $1, to make...
  5. machine-saint said: also not a lawyer but i do know that in some cases contracts are *required* to be written (maybe electronic counts?), but tenant leases typically aren’t one of them. and also in some jurisdictions even just letting someone crash at your place for a couple months for free can constitute a tenancy
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    Not a lawyer, but iirc the American interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon legal tradition, a contract is created by ~two...