Social Structure and Contract Law

In this video you will see how contract law can and does destroy social structure and norms. It seems like you can't get anything done in this world without a contract or getting 'paper on it'.

http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky...the_world.html

There are many other videos of such nature, like this one:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_...decisions.html
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