In the interest of fighting noise pollution and allowing viewers at least a chance at forming intelligent thoughts, tennis commentators worldwide sign a binding agreement to embrace occasional silence, which can often speak volumes.
In addition, the island nation sought to open discussions on a legally binding agreement to the Kyoto Protocol which would set greenhouse gas emissions targets for emerging economies starting in 2013.
The E.U. went to the U.N. negotiations in Copenhagen last month seeking a legally binding agreement to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, which are blamed for increasingly warming the planet, with precise reduction targets that would have been subject to international monitoring and enforcement.
Yet, with plenty of opportunities in the Indian pharmaceutical market why would Pfizer want to go after Indian generic drug company Ranbaxy Laboratories, which has binding agreement to sell over a third of its shares to Japan's Daiichi Sankyo?
Julien Schaerer, an official of the auction house, which would not disclose its commission, said that Mr. Otis had entered a "legally binding agreement" to sell the items.
The Kyoto protocol is an international and legally binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.
World leaders abandoned UN climate talks in Copenhagen without a binding agreement to reduce greenhouse gases.
The two universities signed a non-binding agreement to establish the college, which would have around 1,000 students, by 2013.
In a cooperative game (that is, one in which players communicate and, most important, make binding agreements) in which the payoff must be distributed among players who have made unequal contributions, the Shapley value determines the fairest distribution of payoffs.
The UN system has also relied on legally binding agreements, which sound good in theory yet have proved difficult to tailor and adjust in light of the many different interests that must be reflected in any serious international pact to control emissions.
