The student noticed that under local law the contracts of Greek bonds did not contain collective action clauses and other provisions that one usually finds in foreign law bond contracts to explain what will happen if a debtor cannot fully pay an obligation.
Hobbesians do not use the term 'constructivism', but they use a similar notion of hypothetical contract to explain the nature of morality and of moral truths.
Aquinas sees no need for any "social contract" to explain or justify the origins of government or of any particular regime.
As will be discussed below (Subversive Contractarianism), an important contemporary contractarianism uses an implicit contract to explain the origin of oppression.
The chapter goes on to describe three ways "profession" has been defined disabusing readers of common misconceptions using the "contract model" to explain the relations between professions, society, individual professionals, professional organizations, and ethics, outlining major characteristics of professions on this basis.
About 3000 GPs (i.e. 75% of all GPs) signed a letter of protest to the Minster of Health and Care Services (http://tidsskriftet.no/article/2505840). Beyond exploring the extent to which GPs' preferences have changed, we seek to identify factors associated with preferences of contract and to explain GPs' preferences using data from open-ended questions.
Characteristics of the contract are used to explain whether or not the contract was ultimately renegotiated.
In Strategic Negotiations, the authors look at the contract negotiation process to explain exactly how the renegotiation of the social compact is being achieved.
For banks that have inherited a host of insolvent buildings, he explained, "contracting to do retrofits may become a significant part of what we do".
Alan Pardew, the Newcastle United manager, yesterday hit back at Andy Carroll's claims that he was forced out of the club on Monday by saying that the £35m striker threatened to leave unless he was given a new contract – but failed to explain why Newcastle had not acquiesced.
