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Contract law

the theory that a contract binds because a party manifested consent to transfer alienable rights and be legally bound, combining rights-based and assent-based reasoning.

In contract law, consent theory of contract refers to the theory that a contract binds because a party manifested consent to transfer alienable rights and be legally bound, combining rights-based and assent-based reasoning. This meaning comes from Barnett (1986) in Columbia Law Review.[1]

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References

Barnett, R. E. (1986). A Consent Theory of Contract. Columbia Law Review, 86(2), 269. https://doi.org/10.2307/1122705

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