LAWS1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sui Iuris, Natural Person, The Employer
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The law recognises that there are certain classes of people in society who have neither the maturity nor the capacity to fully understand the nature and extent of the agreements they make with others. Such people are incapable of giving true consent and, therefore, need protection from their more predatory fellows. These people a(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot (cid:396)ega(cid:396)ded as (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:862)sui ju(cid:396)is(cid:863) (cid:894)that is, of full legal (cid:272)apa(cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d this a(cid:396)e considered legally incapable of incurring contractual obligations except in certain, very clearly defined circumstances. A minor in australia is anyone under the age of 18 years. At (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) la(cid:449) (cid:373)i(cid:374)o(cid:396)s" (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)a(cid:272)ts (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e di(cid:448)ided into three distinct classes: Contracts that are binding on them unless they repudiate them before, or within a reasonable time after, they attain the age of 8 years; and. Contracts that are not binding on them unless they ratify them at any time after they reach full age.
