Law 2101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Natural Person, Hire Purchase, Law French
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Two categories of people qualify for this: certain minors and people with mental disorders. Protection legal incapacity is an instrument to protect parties who are presumed not to be able to take care of their own interests. This interest to receive legal protection may conflict with 2 other interests. It would be odd if all transactions of a minor or a mentally ill person could be invalidated. Nothing seems wrong with a 15-yr. old buying a book. This argument is even more acute for adults: to declare them incapable means that they are no longer allowed to be responsible for their own acts. The law has to balance the interests of the incapacitated person with those with whom they deal. It is not always apparent to the outside world that a party is not capable of making a rational decision. Every natural person has the legal capacity to perform legal transactions.
