Can a contract name more than one place?

Some papers do. The governing-law clause and the clause saying where a dispute would be heard are separate lines. They do not have to name the same place, and the picker lets you hold more than one.

Why is the United States not one of the picks?

It holds more than one legal system, so a contract names one of those systems instead. Four countries are in that position here. Each is a heading with a page of its own, and never a chip.

What is printed on the paper?

The name exactly as the picker writes it, in the contract's governing-law clause. You pick it once, at the door, and nothing is put on a contract on its own.

Do these pages say what a law requires?

No. Each page prints how this catalogue files the unit, the words that reach it at the door, and facts from Wikidata. None of it is an opinion about what any law requires.

Every jurisdiction, as governing law

A contract says which legal system it lives under. 184 of them are in the picker at the door, behind one chip. They are legal units rather than countries. A contract is not governed by “the United Kingdom”. There is no general law of the United States to choose either.

The four everybody picks

These four sit under Popular in the picker, above the rest of the list.

United States

Fifty states, DC and the territories. A contract names one of them, never the country.

United Kingdom

Three legal systems. There is no UK-wide contract law to choose.

Europe

National everywhere, with the islands kept separate.

Canada

Ten provinces and three territories. Quebec is civil law inside it.

Australia

Six states and two territories. One template body, eight names.

Asia and the Pacific

From Pakistan east, plus New Zealand and Fiji.

Middle East

Including the four financial free zones with contract law of their own.

Africa

North Africa included; the long tail is not here yet.

Latin America and the Caribbean

The offshore islands sit with the mainland.

Four countries that are not answers

Each of these holds more than one legal system. A contract names one of the systems inside it, never the country. Type the country’s name at the door and you get the systems.

Questions people ask

Can a contract name more than one place?: Some papers do. The governing-law clause and the clause saying where a dispute would be heard are separate lines. They do not have to name the same place, and the picker lets you hold more than one.
Why is the United States not one of the picks?: It holds more than one legal system, so a contract names one of those systems instead. Four countries are in that position here. Each is a heading with a page of its own, and never a chip.
What is printed on the paper?: The name exactly as the picker writes it, in the contract's governing-law clause. You pick it once, at the door, and nothing is put on a contract on its own.
Do these pages say what a law requires?: No. Each page prints how this catalogue files the unit, the words that reach it at the door, and facts from Wikidata. None of it is an opinion about what any law requires.

Any of these can sit on any of the 87 kinds of contract in the catalogue. Which paper it is and where it lives are two separate decisions.

Say what you agreed in one sentence. The door offers a governing law when your words name a place it recognises. It is an offer. You take it or you ignore it, and nothing is put on a contract on its own.

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