Contracts can get longer if either party is very distrustful of the other. If you expect the contract to be contested it makes sense to lock things down. An ot

Contracts can get longer if either party is very distrustful of the other. If you expect the contract to be contested it makes sense to lock things down. An other reason is avoiding precedent and certain judgements from applying to this contract. I think this is quite common with financial documents, to the point where there is a lot of boilerplate that everyone understands without reading (just checking it is actually there). Sadly, contracts with the public hit both cases. Lots of precedent, and so many people you can expect a few of them to try and misuse the agreement.