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A contract is between parties. The governments role is to arbitrate in the case of disputes not to help craft the original document and ensure understanding.
by psychlops 3y ago
A contract is between parties. The governments role is to arbitrate in the case of disputes not to help craft the original document and ensure understanding.
- londons_explore 3y agoNot in the case of this contract, because it also enables the parties to, for example, become eligible for government incentives to be married.
- pavel_lishin 3y agoIsn't this a case of "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure"? Requiring both parties to prove they understand the contract is probably more cost-effective in terms of, well, cost - and time - than it is to actually go on to litigate things.
- psychlops 3y agoPerhaps, but it's simply not the way things have been done. For example, I cannot imagine a legal infrastructure that would allow people to understand Terms Of Service. And that is with everyone using their own language.