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Smoke, Mirrors & Contract Law, Danielle K. Hart
Smoke, Mirrors & Contract Law, Danielle K. Hart
Danielle K Hart
Abstract: Contract law is set up to be transaction enforcing, that is, to be binding. Binding means two different but related things. First, “binding” means that the contract is valid as between the parties (because it satisfies contract law’s formation requirements) and, second, it means that the rights and obligations set forth in that contract will be enforced by the state on behalf of one of the parties over the objection of the other, now resisting party. Modern contract law uses several well-established assumptions about the contracting parties, including the way they behave when contracting, and the roles of the …