Questions tagged [contract-law]
For questions about laws related to contracts, an agreement between two or more parties.
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What is a contract and what is required for them to be valid?
What is a contract?
What elements are required for validity?
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Are terms of service legal contracts?
Are ToS considered contracts in and of themselves, enforceable under contract/civil law?
Generally I'm talking about the Common Law systems in the major regions (UK, North America and Oceania). ...
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What effect does an event like the current Covid-19 pandemic have on contractural obligations?
Across the world, the current pandemic, and various government responses to it will impact on parties abilities to perform their obligations under a contract.
What are the legal implications of this?...
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Would what happened in South Park (human centipede) be legal?
There's an episode of South Park where buried in the terms and agreement of iTunes, you agreed that Apple could forcibly make you into a human centipede. See:
In the real world could this happen? ...
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When can an NDA be legally broken?
This question is purely theoretical, I promise.
Let's say a person signed a Non-Disclosure agreement under certain terms, and then, somehow, they witnessed an illegal act but were forbidden to report ...
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Is it necessary to state in a contract that if one part is found unenforceable, the rest still is?
I've seen in some contracts clauses stating something like
If a term or condition is found to be unenforceable, the rest of the contract still remains in affect.
Is this necessary? Unless ...
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Does contract formation require subjective "meeting of the minds"?
For a contract to be formed, it is said there must be a "meeting of the minds." Does this mean that the fact-finder attempts to ascertain the actual subjective intentions and understanding ...
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Indepdendent/Contractor vs Regular Employee
I was about to ask another question but think I should start at the basics. What exactly does it mean to be working as a contractor? Many jobs require you to sign some contract (e.g. non disclosure ...
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What if the user disagreed with the Terms of Service, but still registered on a website?
This is purely hypothetical, based on an anecdote told on a web design lecture a long time ago.
Most websites nowadays require you to click on a little checkbox that usually says I agree to the Terms ...
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Can men in various countries make pre conception child support deals?
Charlie Sheens are told to pay $50k a month for his child. What about before conceiving babies Charlie said, "Look, if I knocked you up, I would only spend $2k."
In theory, a girl may have to choose ...
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Can I sign legal documents with a smiley face?
The signature on my driver's license is a unique and identifiable smiley face :-)
I use this signature to sign all legally binding documents. A lot of the time, people reject it, and request an &...
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How to prove the genuinity/nongenuinity of a signature?
I'm not a law student, but I'm very interested in the topic and learning in general.
I got curious about contracts and signatures recently, so I wondered if there have been cases where contracts ...
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Getting paid by mistake after leaving a company?
Pretend someone worked at a company and was paid monthly. A month after leaving they are paid their severance, and should not receive any payment in the future.
A month later, they are contacted by ...
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Confiscation of cellphones in public schools
School started today. I'm just reading the code of conduct about cell phone usage. It states that on first violation of the policy the device will be confiscated and held until a parent (me) comes to ...
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GDPR - Is consent really necessary for contact form?
I am looking for an answer that is supported by the GDPR, so please try to quote GDPR parts as you answer.
The internet is on fire (developers especially) now that the GDPR is on strength. There are ...
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