"Need to be outlawed" and "government does not enforce" are different things. Example 1: California will not enforce non-compete covenants. What it means to e

"Need to be outlawed" and "government does not enforce" are different things. Example 1: California will not enforce non-compete covenants. What it means to enforce such covenants is that company A can have police physically prevent you from working for company B if company A requests such intervention. Refusing to grant that privilege to company A is not outlawing anything. Example 2: There is a 300 year old legal doctrine called "the rule against perpetuities" whose history and rationale may answer some of your questions. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities