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So if I sell you a magic rock under the contract that so long as you are in possession of said rock I have legal authority to monitor your household to make sur
by dcow 5y ago
So if I sell you a magic rock under the contract that so long as you are in possession of said rock I have legal authority to monitor your household to make sure you don’t misuse the rock for evil, and you die and your heir comes in possession of the rock, I now have a contract with your heir? I can go set up cameras in their house and invade their privacy just because you wanted a magic rock? That doesn't seem right?..
- arcticbull 5y agoProbably if the heir accepted the rock during the estate proceedings, but im just speculating.
- _djo_ 5y agoContract law isn't absolutist like that, and it can't bind both parties in a way that's unreasonable or contrary to certain basic rights-related laws. That's why you can't contract yourself into slavery. What'll happen in cases like that is that it'll be litigated, interpreted, and either amended through a settlement agreement or annulled. As others have said, the law isn't a programming language. It's a human system that, while being rigorous, strict, structured, and binding for the most part, is nonetheless capable by design of nuance and interpretation within known and constrained bounds.
- woah 5y agoIt sounds like that contract is a liability. Not a lawyer, but I don't think that liabilities are inherited the same way. Most likely if you wanted to do this, you would structure it as a rental agreement and get the rock back.