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Allen Matkins

If A Contract Creates No Legally Enforceable Rights, Is It A Contract?

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The word "contract" is derived from the Latin word contrahere which means to draw (or drag) together.   The California Civil Code defines a "contract" as "an agreement to do or not to do a certain thing".  Cal. Civ. Code §...more

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By Law, Everything Is Possible In California

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The California Civil Code includes a number of decidedly gnomic provisions.  Section 1597 is one of these.  It purports to answer the question of what is possible...more

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