On the record
The mental capacity of a person to make reasonable contracts, is the only criterion, by which to determine his legal capacity to make obligatory contracts.
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Lysander Spooner
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Editor's note · Context
Spooner argues that mental capacity is the true measure of one's ability to enter contracts.
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