In any realistic human society, there are huge limitations on what sorts of contracts you are allowed to enter
If you shouldn’t be allowed to sign a conventional contract with those terms, why would you be allowed to enter a marriage on those terms? Are there any particular terms marriage should allow but contracts should not?
Suppose for example that a couple voluntarily sign a marriage contract stipulating death penalty, or even just flogging, for adultery.
I’ve heard there are prenups that say that if you commit adultery, you pretty much lose all your money. Unless you’re very poor, that’s probably worse than flogging.
Re: “prenups”: did you happen to read Konkvistador’s links and the other comments explicitly discussing, with citations, the (lack of) enforceability of such premarital agreements? I.e., citation needed. ;)
If you shouldn’t be allowed to sign a conventional contract with those terms, why would you be allowed to enter a marriage on those terms? Are there any particular terms marriage should allow but contracts should not?
I’ve heard there are prenups that say that if you commit adultery, you pretty much lose all your money. Unless you’re very poor, that’s probably worse than flogging.
Re: “prenups”: did you happen to read Konkvistador’s links and the other comments explicitly discussing, with citations, the (lack of) enforceability of such premarital agreements? I.e., citation needed. ;)