Implicit Contracts

From: R

Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2019 1:53 AM

To: Walter Block <[email protected]>

Subject: Yelling “Fire!” in a Crowded Theature – LRC Blog

have you ever seen a movie in a theatre with a predominantly black audience? i have and my experience is that the audience ’speaks back’ at the screen, don’t these people understand that there is an implicit contract to NOT talk during the show?

when a product is sold to someone, is there is an implicit contract that the seller is not intentionally (or even unintentionally) offering a product that when used properly will not harm the buyer? is there also an implicit contract that the buyer will follow the directions for using the product?

maybe when you sell a gun to someone, there is an implicit contract that you won’t use the gun to commit a crime?

how can you know what’s implicit in a contract unless you state it explicitly?

https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/yelling-fire-in-a-crowded-theature/

Dear R:

You can only stretch implicit contracts so far. The best illustration of this concept is, you order a cup of coffee, drink it down, and they present you with a bill for $1million. I don’t think they can get away with that. Why not? Implicit contracts.

If it is stated explicitly, it can’t be an implicit contract.

I rarely go to movies, so I don’t know about that situation.

Walter E. Block

Share

2:32 am on November 10, 2019