Contracts & Agreements
When Something Said Before Signing Still Counts
Statements made during negotiation can shape a contract, sit outside it entirely, or give rise to a claim of their own.
Contracts & Agreements
What makes an agreement binding, and which clauses actually bite.
21 articles · updated August 11, 2026 · page 2 of 2
Contracts & Agreements
Implied Terms: The Promises Nobody Wrote Down
A contract is never only what appears on the page. Legal systems add obligations the parties never discussed, and that addition…
Contracts & Agreements
Conditions, Warranties and Why the Label Changes the Remedy
Not every broken promise lets you walk away. Legal systems sort contract terms by seriousness, and that sorting decides whether you…
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Frustration: When Performance Becomes Something Else Entirely
Some contracts are overtaken by events so completely that the law treats them as at an end. The doctrine is narrower and stranger…
Contracts & Agreements
The Battle of the Forms and Whose Terms Actually Won
Two businesses each send their own standard terms, neither reads the other's, and a deal happens anyway. Working out what was…
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Capacity: Why Some Signatures Cannot Bind the Signer
Legal systems assume adults can commit themselves to obligations. Where that assumption fails, an agreement can become fragile in…
Contracts & Agreements
Limitation of Liability and the Caps Buried in the Schedule
The clause that decides what a disaster costs is rarely on the first page. It sets a ceiling long before anyone knows how high the…
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Privity: Why a Contract Usually Stops at the People Who Made It
Contracts create rights between the parties who made them and, as a rule, nobody else. That boundary explains a lot of otherwise…
Contracts & Agreements
Clicking I Agree: How an Online Agreement Is Formed
No paper, no pen and often no reading at all. Online contracting has kept the old requirements while changing almost everything…