Contract law is ahhh-aaa, ahhh-aaa, ahhh-aaa, ahhh-aaa-mazing! (Photo via Disney)
If you’re an attorney, you know that having a firm grasp of the law tends to ruin many television shows and films. Plot lines become completely implausible because you simply know too much about the law.
Take, for example, this important scene from Disney classic The Little Mermaid, where Ariel signs a contract with Ursula, trading her voice for legs so she can find her one true love, Eric — a man who she’s only met once — on land. Silly sea millennial.
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When you were a kid, you probably cringed during this part of the movie, but as a full-blown law student or lawyer, you’re probably singing to yourself, “Look at these laws, aren’t they neat? Wouldn’t you think my Restatement’s complete?” Shon Faye, a London-based comic and writer, felt the same way, and she’s performed an analysis of the many ways Ariel could have annulled her contract with Ursula. Take a look:
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