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Kojo Yelpaala

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Legal Consciousness And Contractual Obligations., Kojo Yelpaala Feb 2007

Legal Consciousness And Contractual Obligations., Kojo Yelpaala

Kojo Yelpaala

Legal Consciousness and Contractual Obligations Kojo Yelpaala Professor Law Pacific/McGeorge School of Law ABSTRACT The Article on “Legal Consciousness and Contractual Obligations” will explore and offer an explanation of the origins of the moral foundations for contractual obligations beyond conventional analysis. Building on themes and threads across many disciplines and theories, it seeks to identify and locate certain unities and common elements that explain human consciousness in exchange relations across cultures. It does so by excavating the roots, tracking the evolution, and anatomizing the dynamics of the master narrative of the "contract" - the oath, the promise, the agreement, the …