Contract Clause in the United States
Contract Clause
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled CONTRACT CLAUSE In a flashing aperçu Sir Henry Maine observed that “the movement of progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.” In feudal systems a person acquired a fixed, social status by birth, one’s legal rights and duties being determined thereby for life. The
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