We consider social contracts for resolving conflicts between two agents who are uncertain about each other's fighting potential. Applications include international conflict, litigation, and elections. Even though only a peaceful agreement avoids a loss of resources, if this loss is small enough,...

Competition law constitutes an important part of the social contract that stands at the basis of market economies, which conceptualizes the relationship between the state and its citizens, as well as among citizens, and legitimizes state action. This article seeks to unveil the social contract...

The ideals of the social contract, with social justice at its core, are so compelling as to have kept a multitude of listeners and practitioners enthralled for a long time. What the social contract says that social and economic relations among human beings "ought" to be is indeed what they ought...

This paper aims to define consent within the context of agreements, or implicit contracts between parties that are not governed by strict contract law. It does so by evaluating the conceptual elements of consent in Canadian law surrounding sexual assualt and also a very coarse review of the...