Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 6 of 6: ‘It’s not all contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements!’: The reality of BDSM Intimacy and Contract Law
Tahlia-Rose Virdee ‘Page three, Section 15.20: “The Submissive shall submit to any sexual activity demanded by the Dominant, and shall do so without hesitation or argument.”’ The Submissive’s Contract Scene, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) The myth of legally binding [...]
Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 5 of 6: For love and for money: Encounters with au pair contracts
Angela Kintominas Classic contract law theory often assumes a foundational difference between ‘status’ and ‘contract’.[1] This echoes the wider ‘hostile worlds’[2] thesis that there is (or should be) a watertight commodity frontier separating what is done for money and what [...]
Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 4 of 6: Serco, outsourcing contracts and the reproduction of neoliberalism
Frances Flanagan How should we make sense of the tenacity of the idea that basic public services should be provided by private actors via contract? It is not popular with the public. It has not engendered government that 'works better' [...]
Contracts in Life and Law Blog Series Post 3 of 6: No-Harm Contracting
David J Carter Content Warning: This post discusses suicide and self-harm. If this raises distressing issues, support is available. Contact one of the services in your country listed on this website. There is value in attending to the ‘jurisprudential wisdom’ [...]