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by rayiner
5002 days ago
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> So is this legal in the US? How many of your constitutional rights can you give up in a contract in the US? In the US, the general rule is that you can give up your Constitutional rights via contracts. It's, e.g., the basis for our criminal justice system, where plea bargaining (which is the criminal analogue of a civil settlement contract) is used in almost all cases despite a Constitutional right to a jury trial. |
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Thats astonishing.
I see from your profile that you are a lawyer, so I'll ask. Are there any limits to the rights a person give can give up? Could they, for example, voluntarily sign a contract that irrevocably places them in servitude to someone else (13th amendment)?