First day of school!
Comments (0) I’ll admit it felt like the first day of school today–even though I know a good number of the people here. But a new town, a new University, all new classes and my new notebook decidedly had that whole “first day” feel. Because of that I got up extra early and got to school extra, extra earlier (even though I had done a dry run of the walk to the building yesterday I was still, irrationally, worried I would get lost).
I had nothing to be worried about.
So far the faculty seem really nice and the course material is very interesting. We even got to talk about seals and the statutes of frauds as they apply to electronic signatures today! As crazy as it sounds, I’ve always had a soft spot for the statute of frauds and sealed contracts. Maybe, if electronic signatures truly catch one the sealed contract can make a come back–that would just be amazing (it’s still a legal consideration equivalent or similar in 13 US jurisdictions*). After all, some of the reasons the seal fell out of use (ease of forgery and lack of distinct seals) would be gone with an electronic signature as seal.
*Curious about which 13 jurisdictions still hold a seal as a valid consideration equivalent or as a valid consideration equivalent when combined with nominal consideration? Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
