Lysander Spooner's Letter to Grover Cleveland
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The Limitation of Contracts
Lawrence Lessig: It would be perfectly legitimate for me to say, look, I'm going to work a certain term of years for you. And if I decline, if I back out halfway through, I may have to pay you some damages or repay you a portion of what you've paid me. But no contract of any kind could allow you to force me to continue to finish out my term. He says the court can't do this because then the third part of the state would be basically enslaving you.Lessig: Why is it okay for the state to force you to do that, but not for it to forced you to do the thing that you said you didn't
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