The point is that in many countries, you can't agree to give others permission to do certain things. The court will simply throw out any clauses which would try

The point is that in many countries, you can't agree to give others permission to do certain things. The court will simply throw out any clauses which would try to permit these things. Even in the USA, you can't sell yourself into slavery for the rest of your life, as an example of a contract that might be invalid. Most other countries simply have more consumer rights which disallow even more forms of contract.