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Covenant And Contract, Steven Nock, Margaret F. Brinig
Covenant And Contract, Steven Nock, Margaret F. Brinig
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In this article we ask, "What distinguishes a covenant from a mere contract, and what role does this distinction play for natural law?" Both of us have thought substantially about covenant over the past several years. The concept of covenant comes to us originally from religious sources, so we have paid explicit attention to what the Bible and organized religion have to say about covenant. We have also drawn from our own disciplines of law, economics, and sociology as they explain or draw from the initial concepts.
Covenant is a concept that takes us beyond contract. Indeed, the idea that …