Capacity to Contract

Capacity to Contract

• Barriers to Contract–you either have the right to contract or not ? Analogous to Civil Procedure: either have standing or not.
? Constitutional Law: citizenship barriers. Graded (resident aliens, etc..), but sets up right to ‘enter’ legal system vs. not.
? Criminal Law: capacity to commit a crime.

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Convention for the Establishment of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization 4, Convention on the (INMARSAT) 5, Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the South East Atlantic 3, International Tropical Timber Agreement 3.

Capacity to Contract in International Trade

Meaning of Capacity to Contract, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A person’s competency, as defined by law, to make a contract. Capacity to contract is typically determined by whether a person has attained majority age and is mentally capable of understanding the contract terms.

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Capacity to contract

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  • Legal incapacity

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