The Way We Live Now: A Discussion of Contracts and Domestic Arrangements

This paper argues for a stance towards contracting derived from perspectives interior to contract law. It does not argue for any specific contract. Moreover, it concedes in relation to some bargains that the contractual/commercial optic on domestic arrangements would give rise to farce. For example, consider Chekhov's version of the romance of the future in which a broker carries out a marriage negotiation.

When the young woman agrees to marry the man the agent asks for a deposit.