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- From: greyham@research.canon.oz.au (Graham Stoney)
- Subject: Re: AT&T sues BSDI & Our Retaliation
- Message-ID: <Bswo86.6xu@research.canon.oz.au>
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- Organization: Canon Information Systems Research Australia
- References: <1992Aug5.224337.6733@cirrus.com> <1992Aug10.225150.29474@unislc.uucp> <21557.Aug1119.27.5092@virtualnews.nyu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 04:52:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug10.225150.29474@unislc.uucp> erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes
- :
- > As to your theory that there is no enforceable contract without
- > "consideration", that's all it is - a theory.
-
- Sorry, but this is not correct. In virtually all countries with legal systems
- derived from or similar to the English (eg: USA, Australia, most others), a
- contract is valid only if there is some consideration; although some places
- have laws that may treat special types of contract differently.
-
- This is not some handwavy theory; a contract I signed a couple of months back
- was not binding on me for exactly this reason, and that was what the legal
- advice I got at the time said.
-
- Graham
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