Philosophy 2080 Lecture Notes - Parol Evidence Rule, The Employer

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 2080
• Professor: James Hildebrand

Document Summary

Chapters 9 and 10 (8 th edition) th edition) Chapter 8 (7th edition) / chapter 9 (8th edition) (please refer to the week 4 course notes for the corresponding page numbers and questions for both the 7th and 8th editions. ) If infants could never be bound in contract, then adults would never contract with them, and the infants wouldn"t be able to secure the necessaries of life by way of contract. This question depends on a number of factors. In a contract for necessaries, the adult is able to enforce the contract whether he knows of the age of the minor or not. If the contract is for non-necessaries, the adult may not enforce the contract if the lack of knowledge is through no fault on the part of the minor. If the minor has lied about his age, then the adult may be able to enforce the contract if denying enforceability would create a fraud on the contracting adult.