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Middle Earth Contracts

Manach · 2013-01-18 21:08:59

Yes, after due consideration those contracts are binding on Hobbits. " Lawyer and author James Daily got hold of the full text of that massive sheaf of parchment from the movie (the propmakers really did write the whole thing out) and analyzed everything. Using the rationale that the Shire is modeled on Medieval Europe,…

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Yes, after due consideration those contracts are binding on Hobbits.
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Lawyer and author James Daily got hold of the full text of that massive sheaf of parchment from the movie (the propmakers really did write the whole thing out) and analyzed everything. Using the rationale that the Shire is modeled on Medieval Europe, and noting that common law hasn't changed all that much from then to now, Daily read through the contract and evaluated how it would hold up in court.
"
-Wired.

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